On the waterfront, spring cleaning too often means getting rid of someone else's old dreams. Marina owners place legal advertisements in newspapers, the first step to claiming ownership of abandoned boats. If they're lucky, the boats get sold at deep discounts. If not, they soon face the chain saw. Since 1996 her newsletter, Bone Yard Boats, has been connecting old boats with new owners.
People abandon boats in boat yards.
People just neglect them. People get ill. They don't want them any more. Or they die, and leave them at a marina. From her Southampton home, Martus fields letters and telephone calls from boat owners looking to give their vessel a good home.