The owner of the boat, Luke Rehberg, says damage that the boat sustained is too expensive to repair. He says the city of Jacksonville will dispose the boat by land.
3:30 PM EDT November 1, 2023, is no longer planning on getting his vessel towed away.First Coast News he has made the decision to demolish the boat. His boat, the 'Aqualon,' has been sitting at the beach shoreline for more than a week. Rehberg mentioned how his vessel has accumulated costly damages; he'd rather dismantle the boat and invest the cost of repairing it, into a different vessel.
Rehberg has less than two weeks to get the boat off the beach. He says the demise of it began when he experienced 'engine issues' during rough waters. The Aqualon hasn't just been a site where beachgoers are taking photos with it, however, as Rehberg says people have stolen from his boat and the damages kept piling on since it's been stranded.
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