Just one for the more learned than me.
if there is a ship wreck on a reef that is obviously not going to be recovered, has been there for "some time".
is it ok to take thing off of the boat?
and I don't mean cargo more like fog horns or brass valves or propellers ?
or even scrap metal ? (If you had a barge or something)

Toph is right, to take anything off the vessel is stealing. If the vessel is aground on a reef it would more than likely be considered a "wreck on the shore." In Qld the "Master of Wrecks" has responsibility for these vessels and I'm pretty sure interfering with a wreck on the shore is a criminal offence. But it's neen a while since I studied that so I could be wrong.

I couldn't do it even if it was legal, too superstitious that the thingammy might come with bad ju-ju .

shaggybaxter said..
I couldn't do it even if it was legal, too superstitious that the thingammy might come with bad ju-ju .

Yep, bad karma, and I'm not superstitious.

Well, that's a good question. Because I have. And its vaguely sailing related.

Years ago, my wife and I sailed my J24 from Sydney Harbour to Cottage Point Inn - a brisk run under spinnaker, 2 hours Head to Head - arriving in plenty of time for our dinner booking.

Having showered ashore and selected the wine, we took a stroll into the National Park to fill in the afternoon. There I discovered a complete front mudguard which I recognised as being from a Volvo 122S. It turned out to be from the very car I had sold a few years earlier - the car we drove on our honeymoon. So I souvenired the badge and still have it somewhere. Was that wrong?

Fire at will - as Peter Fitzsimons would say.