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30-04-2025
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Second boat stuck on Lake Michigan shoreline with Deep Thought
There is now another broken-down vessel in need of rescue along Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shoreline. On April 28, Jerry Guyer, the owner of Silo Marina, once again attempted to salvage Deep Thought, a Chris-Craft Roamer, from its resting spot deep in the sand between McKinley Marina and Bradford Beach. In the process, a pontoon boat he and his salvage crew were using was washed up on the shoreline during evening storms, Guyer said. Guyer said it was bad enough that the storm pushed the pontoon up on the sand, where it is now resting between Deep Thought and the rocks, but one of the aluminum floaters has completely broke off, too, and is floating farther down the beach. "We are dealing with Mother Nature," Guyer told the Journal Sentinel on April 30. "That is always an unknown." Guyer said the mounting pressure, public interest and publicity documenting his efforts to salvage the boat, which has been stranded since Oct. 13 when its owners from Mississippi ran out of gas and headed back home, "doesn't really bother me too much." The pressure for him to get Deep Though removed amped up April 23. That's when Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson held a press conference, Guyer at his side, to announce an anonymous donor had come forward to pay for a portion of the cost to salvage the boat. At the time, Guyer had estimated he'd spent $20,000 on the effort. Now, he has the cost of a destroyed pontoon boat to add to the cost. It should be the responsibility of the boat owners to pay for its removal. But Sherry and Richard Wells have avoided phone calls and are no longer communicating with Guyer. In early April, Milwaukee County finally admitted the boat was lodged on its property. But no one from the county is stepping up with any solutions, other than to say county taxpayers will not foot the bill for the boat's removal. "It is the nature of the unknown," Guyer said of any salvage effort. "This thing has taken on a life of its own." Jessica Van Egeren is a reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She can be reached at jvanegeren@ This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Pontoon boat joins Deep Thought on the shoreline of Lake Michigan
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22-04-2025
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One piece gone, the bulk of Milwaukee's abandoned boat still to go
Nobody game them permission, but a crew from a local salvage company once again took it upon themselves to try and remove an abandoned boat from Milwaukee's lakeshore. On April 22, a crew employed by Jerry Guyer, a local salvage guy who owns Silo Marina, arrived on the section of beach between McKinley Marina and Bradford Beach. They had one mission: get the boat's flybridge and cockpit off the Lake Michigan shoreline. With sawzalls in hand, the crew cut through what formerly was the top of the boat, then hauled the pieces up and over roughly 30 feet of boulders where a trailer was waiting to haul the parts away. Nobody has claimed responsibility for removing the flybridge from Deep Thought, a Chris-Craft Roamer, but it was found on the beach April 15. The boat was abandoned by a Mississippi couple on Oct. 13 when they ran out of gas and missed the entrance to McKinley Marina, where they had planned to dock for two nights. Guyer has attempted to salvage the boat but had to halt efforts once winter rolled around. Deep Thought has been lodged in the shoreline sand for six months. On April 18, Milwaukee County's corporation counsel said it is the county's responsibility to remove the boat from its resting spot. County Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman specifically said on April 21 that Guyer "is not authorized to move the boat," and would not be reimbursed by the county for his efforts. Guyer sent out his crew on April 22 anyways. Guyer estimates he has spent at least $20,000 on salvage efforts, including equipment. He has repeatedly said that once he starts a project, he wants to be able to finish it. That is proving to be the case with Deep Thought. "It's a challenge," Guyer told the Journal Sentinel. "I'm not giving up." Weather permitting, his crews will be back out in the morning. This story has been updated to include a video. Jessica Van Egeren covers abandoned boats and other topics of interest for the Journal Sentinel. She can be reached at jvanegeren@ This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: One piece gone, a bulk of Milwaukee's abandoned boat still to go
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27-03-2025
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Abandoned boat still on Lake Michigan shore; man asks mayor for help
The Brief It's been six months since a couple abandoned a boat along Lake Michigan's shoreline in Milwaukee. Now Jerry Guyer, the man who's spent months and a lot of money trying to free it, is turning to the city for help. Guyer said the last attempt to remove the boat was in November. MILWAUKEE - Still stuck in sand, it's been six months since a Mississippi couple abandoned a boat along Lake Michigan's shoreline in Milwaukee. What we know Now Jerry Guyer, the man who's spent months and a lot of money trying to free it, is turning to the city for help. The steady salvage man hasn't seen a dime since the boat, "Deep Thought," came ashore in mid-October. Guyer said the boat's owners were using it to move from Manitowoc to Mississippi when they called him because the boat ran out of fuel. Six months, several tries and some fresh paint later, "Deep Thought" is still on the shoreline, just south of Moosa's. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Dig deeper "The last attempt was Nov. 16, with nine people [...] and that gets us up to $18,875," he said. "We pride ourselves on trying to see it through until the end. And sometimes it's easy, and sometimes it's not." Guyer isn't out of gas, but his patience is nearing empty. So on Monday, he emailed Mayor Cavalier Johnson's office. His ask: to recoup the $20,000 he's owed – because the owners aren't answering his calls. The owners of the boat also did not respond to FOX6 News on Wednesday. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "I said, 'My name's Jerry Guyer, and I've been working on this boat. And uh, we'd like to think that somehow we're going to recoup some of our expenses. Uh, what do you think?'" What they're saying The mayor's office provided the following statement to FOX6 News: "We are looking into ways the city might be helpful in solving the problem. Unfortunately, we are not in a position to use taxpayer dollars for the effort." The Source The information in this post was produced by FOX6 News.
