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Luxury yacht marooned in Keys by Wilma finally freed

KEY WEST – A luxury yacht tossed into shallow tidal flats by Hurricane Wilma has finally been freed from the seagrass. The 158-foot Legacy is now anchored in the Key West harbor.

The seagrass wasn’t the only thing weighing it down. Owner Peter Halmos argued with the government for more than two years over how to free the yacht without doing too much damage to the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, where it was stuck.

A Miami salvage company slowly pulled the vessel free over the past six months, sometimes only moving 10 feet per day.

Halmos has either lived aboard the Legacy or on a houseboat nearby to ward off pirates and thieves.

He says he’s going to have the vessel restored. Federal officials plan to investigate the damage it left behind.

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