Boat graveyard in Florida where large boats damaged from hurricane left to rot

Natural disasters like hurricanes can be seriously disastrous if you live near the shore, and one such case led to dozens of large boats ending up in a boat graveyard in Florida after Hurricane Ian.

Back in 2022, Hurricane Ian unfortunately caused quite a lot of damage, and part of it was boats floating into the city.

Because of excessive floods, these vessels reached places nobody would ever want them to be.

Hence, empty lots in the affected areas started piling up boats, making for a tragic sight.

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Boat graveyard full of large boats rusting away

A YouTuber from the channel Turbine Guy posted a video about a boat graveyard in St. James City on Pine Island, Florida.

According to him, these sea vessels suffered quite a lot of damage during Hurricane Ian and also inflicted damage on the city.

Although Florida residents rebuilt the community after the disaster in 2022, Hurricanes Helene and Milton came as surprises.

This time, however, people had precautionary tricks up their sleeves to safeguard their valuables.

For instance, this TikTok user wrapped his Corvette with bubble wrap to protect it.

Case in point — boats aren’t as easy to protect as cars are because they’re docked near the shore.

Although this boat graveyard already had some retired and overused vessels, it became fuller after the incident.

Most of these were owned by families, who used them either for work or plainly for vacations nearby.

What will happen to these vessels?

Almost all boats damaged by Hurricane Ian and ending up in this lot suffered ‘unfixable’ exterior harm.

While some could float still and were put back in the water, the rest ended up in this lot.

Unlike this boat graveyard in Georgia, most boats were relatively new and had several years left to cruise if they hadn’t been destroyed.

These will likely be salvaged for parts, and someone will scrap the hulls further.

However, some enthusiasts think that most boats, even in severe conditions, can be rebuilt.

They even think that it’s certainly easier to rebuild or ‘repair’ such vessels than building one from scratch like this guy did in his backyard.

All things considered, these machines faced a disappointing end, and someone might just decide to pick one up and get it cruising again.