The Stranded Tugboat Donny S

The tugboat Donny S has sat abandoned in Baileys Harbor for years. Association members took part in a DNR working group on the tug through the winter and spring of 2026, and both the Baileys Harbor Town Board and the Door County Board of Supervisors passed resolutions calling on the DNR to remove it.

In the news

• State, DNR sue owner and others over abandoned tugboat in Baileys Harbor, FoxNews 11, Sept 4, 2026
• State of wi sues owners of stranded tugboat Donnie S, Peninsula Pulse, Sept. 4, 2026.
• Door County requests state action on abandoned tugboat, Door County Knock, May 2026
• “We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t get a tugboat out of a harbor”, Wisconsin Watch, December 2025
• Fate of the Donny S uncertain after years of questions, Door County Knock, December 2025
• Four years afloat with the Donny S, but who’s responsible?, NBC26
• Donny S, Great Lakes Tugs