Jenny Lynn sinking Cheboygan Wrecks

[Timerover51]

Brent, the report you posted on August 9th indicated that the Coast Guard views the ship as abandoned. I take it that there was no insurance on the tug? If determined to be abandoned, she may be the property of anyone that salvages her. I will need to check my salvage law on that.

Did the men you picked up indicate that they were working for the owners or acting independently?

[Brent]

The Jenny Lynn is still on the bottom. The EX William Hoey was moved back to deeper water closer to Jenny Lynn under her own power. The Hoey was towing a Pontoon Boat that they used for a work boat and while being towed capsized and was pretty much destroyed. We were out for a boat ride that night and were hailed by the crew and asked for a ride ashore since they were marooned on the tug. I have some pictures which I will try and post tonight. The Car Ferry is still aground.

[Howard]

Brent, any news on refloating?

[mharayd]

who is the owner

[Brent]

Jenny Lynn is still on the bottom and the salvage plan has been approved. I assume that they are either waiting for weather or equipment.

[Jared]

Is the Jenny Lynn still on the bottom? Are there any plans to raise her?

[Guest]

Please send reports and pictures to new@boatnerd.net A lot more people will see it. It is an interesting event.

[Brent]

The tug and ferry are still in the same place. The company that is raising the Jenny Lynn has had their salvage plan approved, but nothing has been done as yet. It may be they are waiting for equipment or the fact that it has been very windy for the last week here. I will post updates and pictures once salvage actually begins.

[Diver Dan]

The tug was docked in the river at the owner's request. I don't know about charges for dockage. It was moved back out again to Duncan Bay by the owner's representitives. Last weekend's strong winds appear to have blown the Hoey ashore in Duncan Bay, as well as the car ferry that the same guy owns. No word yet on what happened to the sunken tug. I don't know if anything has been done yet this week to recover any of these vessels. I bet you could buy any or all of them cheap right now!

[bhale849]

What will happen to the tug that was the William Hoey? I assume the man who owned it & the Jenny Lynn gave up possession of it, as it was docked at Durocher's Cheboygan River Boatyard by other parties. I figure liens have been attached to it for towing and dockage. This usually means the vessel is "arrested" by a U.S. Marshall, and put up for auction to pay the liens (the amounts due for towing & docking). Is this what will happen to the William Hoey?

[shipwreck]

If the fellow wants to reclaim tires, why not the ones already being discarded on land everyday? I can appreciate the 'clean up the environment' angle, but make your money recycling all the ones on terra firma and then clean the rivers of tires as a totally tax deductible environmental effort on the side.

[Connor]

Does anyone know the current ownership of the two tugs that sank over the weekend in Cheboygan? Their future work? Plans for raising?

[Diver Dan]

One of the two tugs recently moored in Duncan Bay (near Cheboygan MI) sank this morning in 16 ft. of water. There is a sheen of diesel fuel and oil on the water, and the Coast Guard has placed a boom around the hull and declared a 100 ft security zone. The sunken tug is lashed to the starboard side of the larger tug, and the top of the pilot house is only about 2 ft above the surface. The sunken tug was towed to Duncan Bay by the larger tug. The owner of the tugs is the same guy that owns the Arthur Atkinson which is docked near DeTour. It seems he intended to use the tugs to tow the Atkinson around for his "car-tire reclamation project", where he expected to recover the oil contained in tires. He tried to get permission to do this project at a dock in St.Ignace, but was denied permission. I've heard that the Atkinson is confined to her current dock until repairs are made, as it is not considered seaworthy enough to be towed anywhere else. There has been no indication of any repairs to be done in the near future.