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Couple sells everything for sailboat. It sinks on day 2
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| Feb. 10, 2018
| Ryan W. Miller
Posted on 02/10/2018 7:58:49 PM PST by Innovative
A Colorado couple said they sold everything they owned to buy a sailboat and set out for the open seas together.
Within two days, their dream became a nautical nightmare. On their way to Key West, Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh's voyage abruptly ended in John’s Pass off Madeira Beach, Fla., when their 28-foot sailboat struck something underwater Wednesday night.
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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: adventure; boatsinks; sailboat; sailing
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Too bad. But they are young, healthy, also saved their dog, so they can start their lives over.
To: Innovative
Stupid is as stupid does...
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:00:07 PM PST
by
mom4melody
(,)
To: Innovative
I hope Jimmy Buffett notices this story. He might make them whole and feature them on this summer’s tour. It seems a natural.
To: Innovative
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:04:13 PM PST
by
buffaloguy
(Bond arms Cowbot)
To: Innovative
I don’t know anything about sailing. Something tells me they didn’t either.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:04:54 PM PST
by
libertylover
(Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
To: Innovative
So they sunk their life savings in a boat.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:05:20 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: Innovative
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:05:30 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: Innovative
Sorry to hear. Hopefully they’ll save up again and buy a bigger boat. Godspeed to their next adventure.
To: Innovative
They’re going to need a bigger boat.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:07:34 PM PST
by
samtheman
(We dont need no stinking summaries. Release unedited FISA documents.)
To: Innovative
The Good Lord created something called “Insurance” for some reason. Apparently this couple has never heard of that miracle of business entrepreneurship.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:08:07 PM PST
by
Hodar
(A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
To: Innovative
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:08:43 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: Innovative
Maybe they should learn about channel markers.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:09:21 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: Innovative
If they had two brain cells in a row the boat was insured, but somehow I doubt either one of them have two brain cells in a row.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:10:34 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
To: samtheman
They’re going to need a bigger boat.Jaws? 😀😄
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:12:52 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: samtheman
They’re going to need a bigger boat.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:13:22 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
To: Innovative
So they sold their house and car and only had $5,000 from it, which they decide to use to buy a boat, for which they don’t get insurance.
This doesn’t begin to pass the smell test. This is a likely fraudulent attempt to get sympathy from the public.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:13:26 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: libertylover
Libertylover @5,
You are likely on the right track.
To: Innovative
“sold everything they owned”...
Apparently sold the part of their brains that says “buy boat insurance”...
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:14:13 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Innovative
This is why we can’t have nice things.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:14:14 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Innovative
Welp, they sound stupid.
They hit something in 8’-9’ of water? I’m guessing submerged pilings that are charted.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:14:42 PM PST
by
dinodino
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