Any buyers for the USCG cutter ‘Sundew’?
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Peter Passi | Source: Duluth News Tribune
If you’re in the market for a retired Coast Guard buoytender, this could be your lucky hour.
The Coast Guard Cutter Sundew soon could go up for auction.
The vessel’s current owner, the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, has quietly been shopping the Sundew around in recent weeks.
… the Sundew has proven less of a tourist draw than he hoped. The DECC initially tried charging visitors individual admission to the Sundew but decided to package it with the more popular William A. Irvin, a retired laker, because of sparse ticket sales.
Even though people who pay for admission to the Irvin now can tour the Sundew for no additional fee, Hom said only about 5 percent of visitors have set foot aboard the retired cutter in recent years.
