Hurricane Sandy destroys 65,000 boats

(Nov. 15, 2012) -- "The combination of boats stored ashore at low elevations and record high surge levels caused hundreds, if not thousands, of boats to float away into neighborhoods, parks and marshes," said Croft. "The tri-state coastline left no place for the surge to go, but up. While some boats that stayed in the slips did fine, other boats tied to floating docks simply lifted off too-short pilings and floated away -- still tied to the dock. Some vessels never made it out of their slip and rest on the bottom."