Fisherman drags ashore 'disappeared' 4 million baht speedboat

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHANG NGA: A speedboat that went missing on Thursday was found floating off Koh Yao, Phang Nga Bay, by a local fisherman yesterday afternoon.

The speedboat belonged to the Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra resort and reportedly ‘disappeared into thin air’ after being anchored off Krabi (story here).

The fisherman, Apichat Singharoon, 32, reported his discovery to the Klong Prasong village headman, but only after dragging the boat all the way from Koh Yao to Klong Prasong Pier, a journey that took him about 4 hours to complete.

 

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Under Thai marine salvage law, is it "finders keepers"?

not globally recognized, so why should it apply in Thailand?

 

http://resources.lawinfo.com/admiralty-maritime/are-finders-keepers-under-the-sea-what-you-ne.html

 

Many people believe that if you find an abandoned boat it automatically belongs to you, But in fact the law isn't that simple.

 . . . . . quoted from: http://www.wavetrain.net/techniques-a-tactics/492-salvage-law-when-do-get-to-keep-an-abandoned-boat

May be entitled to claim salvage costs, probably limited to fuell and his time.

 

Hopefully he won't have to, and the resort will kick the can for his costs?  Or perhaps the resort wanted it to go missing?

Thai Salvage Law

 

http://www.thaibsaa.com/attachments/article/301/Marine Salvage Act. B.E. 2550 (2007) (25.07.08).pdf

Find a 4 million baht speedboat, and receive a 399 baht fruit basket from the Sofitel group !

24 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Find a 4 million baht speedboat, and receive a 399 baht fruit basket from the Sofitel group !

 

I liked "finders keepers".  

 

I hope they do better, if only to compensate for his time, his fuel, a little extra for karma and so the next guy that finds one of their boats adrift does the right thing.

3 hours ago, impulse said:

Under Thai marine salvage law, is it "finders keepers"?

No under marine law all costs to retrieve the vessel are paid to the salvor. 

>>> News Flash <<<

 

Boy Scouts flying out to Thailand to teach boat owners how to tie knots...

Another good reason for Submarine Purchase


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3 hours ago, impulse said:

Under Thai marine salvage law, is it "finders keepers"?

Yep! This time you are wrong. LOL

33 minutes ago, Get Real said:

Yep! This time you are wrong. LOL

 

It happens...

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Find a 4 million baht speedboat, and receive a 399 baht fruit basket from the Sofitel group !

Ironic isn't it. 

After reading all the comments the Salvage Law name should be changed to the Good Samaritan Law. 

10 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Thai Salvage Law

 

http://www.thaibsaa.com/attachments/article/301/Marine Salvage Act. B.E. 2550 (2007) (25.07.08).pdf

 

Apichat Singharoon, 32 needs a good lawyer...unless he "borrowed" the boat to begin with.

16 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Find a 4 million baht speedboat, and receive a 399 baht fruit basket from the Sofitel group !

 

The article does say "a fruit basket AND rewarded."

 

I do hope  the  "reward" was substantial, and not just a few  thousand baht.

9 hours ago, Tengu said:

 

Apichat Singharoon, 32 needs a good lawyer...unless he "borrowed" the boat to begin with.

What is that saying again? "No good deed goes unpunished"

15 hours ago, F4UCorsair said:

The article does say "a fruit basket AND rewarded."

A thank you note inside the fruit basket purchance??

4 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

A thank you note inside the fruit basket purchance??

 

 

We don't know.