When a vessel comes into Cadboro Bay, when the ship hits the sand, so to speak, we immediately get a hold of the Coast Guard. We immediately call upon our group of volunteers, and we go and quickly evaluate the boat. Then we relay that back to the Coast Guard with pictures of what is happening. Sadly, unless there is an oil leak or a gas leak, it gets on a back file. Nothing happens immediately.
We've had a couple of occasions where there have been some hypodermic needles wash ashore when the boat washed ashore. That gets the attention of the local police, but without a hydrocarbon spill, the boat can languish on the beach until the pirates come along and strip it of all the shiny bits. Then the kids come and play on it. It very quickly becomes a derelict and something not worth doing anything with, except begging and pleading and borrowing to get the damn thing off the beach.