Staten Island Boat Graveyard NY

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JL

Launch your kayak from Carteret boat launch and just paddle across the Kill. Watch out for ships, boats, and jet skis when you cross the channel.

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JC Marine Services of SWFL.

Found this place in the 80s when I kept my boat in seawaren ( by Woodbridge ) Interestingly I just read where the dimwit took away a star because “boats are rusting in the water “ Historically speaking , we used to be one of the largest ship breaking areas in the world , Daisy sniffing , Birkenstock wearing tree huggers thought it was such a great idea to run industry out of our country . Whereas by the 70’s most Americans had realized the error of their ways and massive efforts had gotten underway to protect our waterway system. Ever seen where they crush ships now? Bangladesh and India, has anyone seen how horrible those shipyards are they cut them up right in the open water even in documentaries you need to see the oil sheen and pollution in the water , Any of those geniuses ever think it’s all one big toilet ? All water runs together at some point Did they think that sending industry off to other countries that have no regulations was a good idea? Same thing in the 90s when we ran free on this country Dupont closed plants that had great jobs and careers , Staunton Virginia is one of them So let’s say you ship all free on production in Mexico do you think they care with mercury gets dumped into the Rio Grande? People need to look at the bigger picture right now we’re undergoing we’re DEF as we added every diesel truck in America. Has anybody done any studies? Does that really offset the emissions compared to the emissions of billions of plastic bottles being made to produce it? Enjoy the shipyard it’s a great piece of history Further down towards Ari and Bay you could see the wooden chips that were actually ran up onto the beach and left from the 1800s The large wooden stringers and keels are still visible at low tide . We made amazing progress growing up in the 70s and 80s and going out on the boat. Every chance I could I never saw a whale offered the Jersey coast or New York coast Of course we hunted them to extinction because we changed look at what we see now. What would happen if we had kept the industry in this country and cleaned it up versus just pushing the problem into a closet where it’s still polluting and even worse, they have no regulations at all . Food for thought

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Lauren

Cool place, I parked near the cemetery sign. Walked past the private property sign, I don’t recommend staying for long to take photos. Respect the property, don’t leave anything behind. Cool experience, hope it stays around a while longer.