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Thursday, September 23, 2004
Coast Guard OKs plan to tow Kalakala from Neah Bay
The towing plan for moving the 69-year-old ferry Kalakala out of Neah Bay was approved yesterday by the Coast Guard.
The Kalakala's owner, Steve Rodrigues, indicated he plans to move the boat to Tacoma tomorrow, said a Coast Guard spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Drier.
"He needs to provide the exact moorage before he moves it," Drier said.
The historic, art-deco-style ferryboat has been anchored over state tidelands in Neah Bay since March.
Before that, it caused $4,000 damage when it smashed against a pier of the Makah tribe. Both the tribe and the state have sued Rodrigues in Clallam County Superior Court.
The Coast Guard gave Rodrigues a Sept. 15 deadline to either make the vessel secure at a Neah Bay moorage or move it elsewhere, threatening to fine him up to $32,500 a day if he did not.
"What we've got so far is compliance, and that's what we all wanted," Drier said. But if Rodrigues delays the move, the fine could come into play, Drier said.
Department of Natural Resources authorities had given Rodrigues until Sept. 1 to moor or move the vessel. They were concerned it could sink or break away from its anchorage.
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