Tag Archives: John Christiansen
Littering charge against owner of Provincetown dragger dismissed
A charge of littering against the owner of the Artemis, the defunct fishing vessel that sat on the Provincetown West End breakwater for months earlier this year, was dismissed in Orleans District Court earlier this month due to “insufficient evidence.” John Christiansen, 54, of West Yarmouth was charged by Provincetown police in June, after he failed to remove the 42-foot-long steel hulled ship off the breakwater where it had lodged during a storm. >click to read<18:40
Derelict boat leaving mounting debts in wake
The Artemis, the derelict scalloper whose owner left a trail of woe and unpaid bills around Gloucester’s shoreside businesses, may soon be gone. But its saga could have the shelf life of a Norse legend. The 43-foot, steel-hulled vessel, which spent four months grounded on a Provincetown breakwater after being towed out of Gloucester, is tied up at a Provincetown pier, awaiting demolition. And Provincetown is paying the tab — estimated ultimately to cost about $39,000 — to haul the boat off the breakwater and cut it up. The town, according to local reports, has said it will try to recoup the costs of the salvage (about $30,000) and demolition (about $8,500) from vessel owner John Christiansen. Scott Memhard of Gloucester’s Cape Pond Ice on Monday basically said good luck with that. >click to read<21:40
