Authorities say they are working with the owner of a 36-foot houseboat that has been beached at Harriet Island Regional Park for the past month.
The houseboat, manufactured by the former Whit-Craft Boat Co. of Winona, Minn., was first spotted on Aug. 10 by a deputy from the Ramsey County Water Patrol while patrolling the Mississippi River in St. Paul. The vessel was tied to the shore and partially in the water at Harriet Island, according to Steve Linders, a Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
The boat’s motor bay was propped open, and the boat appeared to be disabled. When the deputy contacted the boat’s registered owner, authorities learned that the boat had recently been sold and that the new owner had suffered a stroke while aboard the vessel.
Although the deputy has followed up on the situation and been told the owner is working to move the boat, it still remained on the riverbank as of Tuesday.
Linders said that the sheriff’s office will continue to work with the owner to get the boat removed.
In May, a 54-foot cruiser was finally removed from the St. Croix River near Hudson, Wis., after it had been abandoned nine months earlier, creating a local nuisance.
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