The state has legally seized a 75-foot boat that has been stranded in Hampton Harbor.Click to watch News 9's coverage.The state's action means the owner has 90 days to remove it, or the state will take ownership of it.The boat, the Guest List, has no motor or wiring. The shell of a yacht was brought to Hampton Harbor Boat Center to have motors installed in 2013, but the owners were stalled by financial issues."To them, it was going to be a beautiful, 3,000-square-foot floating house on the Miami waters, and didn't work out," said Jim Patnaude of Hampton Harbor Boat Center.The boat center and the state have been working with the owner to have it removed. It broke away from a mooring over the winter and has sat beached with a hole in its hull ever since."The funny thing is, it's luxurious, but it looks like trash there," said Ron Christie, of Hampstead. "It really looks like trash."Neighbors said it has become a nuisance. Teenagers were caught partying on it last week.Patnaude said he's as anxious as anyone to see it gone."I would like to not have to look at it here anymore," he said.It was supposed to be removed in early June, but now that the owners have the money to have it repaired and towed away, no other marina will take it."Because they're all afraid they're going to get stuck with it just like we did," Patnaude said.State officials said that if New Hampshire seizes the boat, it will likely be taken apart and junked.

The state has legally seized a 75-foot boat that has been stranded in Hampton Harbor.

Click to watch News 9's coverage.


The state's action means the owner has 90 days to remove it, or the state will take ownership of it.

The boat, the Guest List, has no motor or wiring. The shell of a yacht was brought to Hampton Harbor Boat Center to have motors installed in 2013, but the owners were stalled by financial issues.

"To them, it was going to be a beautiful, 3,000-square-foot floating house on the Miami waters, and didn't work out," said Jim Patnaude of Hampton Harbor Boat Center.

The boat center and the state have been working with the owner to have it removed. It broke away from a mooring over the winter and has sat beached with a hole in its hull ever since.

"The funny thing is, it's luxurious, but it looks like trash there," said Ron Christie, of Hampstead. "It really looks like trash."

Neighbors said it has become a nuisance. Teenagers were caught partying on it last week.

Patnaude said he's as anxious as anyone to see it gone.

"I would like to not have to look at it here anymore," he said.

It was supposed to be removed in early June, but now that the owners have the money to have it repaired and towed away, no other marina will take it.

"Because they're all afraid they're going to get stuck with it just like we did," Patnaude said.

State officials said that if New Hampshire seizes the boat, it will likely be taken apart and junked.