Still There: Abandoned Boat Now Beached

It's been bouncing around the Belmar Harbor for months, unclaimed.

And for the better part of this week, it has beached itself on the south end of Maclearie Park, near Belmar Boulevard, like so much misdirected whale.

Belmar Police have said they've contacted the owner several times, to no avail, and that they're trying to get the state Department of Transportation to claim the boat because whoever moves it, owns it.

Meanwhile, the lonely boat, shunned by its owner and unwanted by both the Borough of Belmar and the State of New Jersey has become a target for local graffiti artists.

And today, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, this is where it sits.