Marina owners and users face losses.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Amy Martinez

Oct. 27--Deerfield Beach marina owner Thomas Tyghem figured the Hillsboro Canal was no place for a boat in the middle of a hurricane.

So to prepare for Wilma, Tyghem moved all the boats under his care at Marina One from the canal and into a building where they rested neatly on racks -- until, that is, the roof collapsed and the walls came down.

After Wilma, 150 boats lay beneath a pile of rubble now considered so dangerous that not even Tyghem is allowed in to survey the damage.

His...

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