Cunningham is linked to third boat

[Rose Siding]

First there was the Kelly C. Then there was the Duke Stir. And now a third boat has emerged in the ongoing saga of favors offered to Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham by business executives whose companies won millions of dollars in government contracts with Cunningham's support.

Brent Wilkes, the Poway defense contractor whose home and offices were raided last month by federal agents, allowed Cunningham use of a 14.5-foot, 170-horsepower fiberglass boat several years ago when it was docked near Cunningham's yacht in Washington, D.C.
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Although the boat – which has since been sold – was typically kept on a trailer at the Washington Harbor, it was sometimes moored behind Cunningham's 65-foot Kelly C at the Capital Yacht Club. At the time, the Kelly C was Cunningham's home in the nation's capital.

"My understanding is that one summer several years ago it was, in fact, left tied up behind the Kelly C," said Wilkes' attorney, Michael Lipman. "It was made available to the congressman or any of Mr. Wilkes' friends who wanted to use it."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20050910-9999-7m10boat.html

[catnhatnh]

1. Jesus Christ, Dude....

you are talking a Boston Whaler TENDER....the ENTIRE boat is worth about 3K....it would be analgous to letting a friend use my 96 Ford Contour...he IS worthless slime but describing a glorified dingy as a "craft" is absurd...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. A slimy congress critter who sells out for a dinghy will really sell out.

[catnhatnh]

3. No,No,No....

for GOD'S sake,that is NORMAL east coast hospitality...Dock a boat or land a airplane at ANY east coast facility and automobiles and tenders are just normal courtesy....every airport FBO and Marina have several they lend out....Up on the east coast ANY boat under 20' is a day sailer or tender...this clown sucks,but trying to tie a tender that is common courtesy to some SCANDAL would be laughed out of court here...