Seeing a car in the middle of the street while it accumulates dust for days in a parking space coveted by many is something relatively normal. What until then had not been seen so much is its nautical version, as has happened in Finland.
For two years, a boat has been docked on the shore of Lake Inari, located in the northern part of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. This since then, which has caused the astonishment of passersby and locals, who They see how it remains there day after day due to the owner’s inaction, as published by the media .
The owner is Jarmo Niiniaho, a resident of Virta, who told the Finnish newspaper by telephone that He acquired the boat three years ago from an acquaintance. “It’s my fault for wandering around my area so much last fall. Then winter came and the boat stayed there,” he said, referring to Finland’s second largest lake and the sixth largest in Europe.
Niiniaho said he had tried to empty the ship several times, but due to a small hole in the side It sinks again and again. He has also indicated that he has tried to get a local company to lift it. “They are very busy this time of year and I didn’t want to bother them. However, I am now thinking of solutions to finally get the boat out,” he added.
Meanwhile, the rescue manager of the Lapland Welfare Area Rescue Service, Harri Paldanius, has reported that the main person responsible for lifting the boat and repairing any damage is the owner. This must be in charge, as he added, of hiring a competent company for the lifting and, if the boat is insured, the insurance company may reimburse the expenses according to the contracted conditions.
This is because, as Paldanius has stressed, the rescue service only participates in the prevention of environmental damage, not in rescue operations. Meanwhile, the owner has had to make an appeal on Facebook to warn that the boat is not abandoned, but is his.
“I have sent a message saying that the owner is known and that I have not intentionally left it lying around,” he explained. In addition, he confirmed to the media that “he will not be there throughout the winter.” “I’m going to pick it up and take it home anyway. It will see better days. Niiniaho assures that the boat can also be repaired as long as it dries first.
