Washed Up in Washington

The mystery 20-foot fiberglass boat that recently washed ashore at Cape Disappointment State Park on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula has been linked back to Japan’s March, 2011, tsunami. The long migrating, barnacled vessel spent 15 months in the Pacific Ocean before it hit the beach for a much needed breather.

Officials say it does not pose a risk to public health, safety, or the environment. So far Japan does not want it back.

Via The Seattle Times: U.S. officials provided the Japanese government with what appeared to be a registration number on the boat.  The owner, who lives on the northern part of  the island of Honshu, which was hard-hit by the tsunami, confirmed to Japanese officials that the boat was his, according to Travis Doty, a staffer with the Consulate General in Japan.

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