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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 Johns 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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To: Innovative
Had some bad luck combined with inexperience. Hope they learn a valuable lesson from this.
Typical millennials though.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:15:30 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: Innovative
Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies......
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:16:10 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote for your guns!)
To: ConservativeMind
Next step, a GoFundMe page!
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:16:32 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: Innovative
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:17:06 PM PST
by
lurk
To: Innovative
Was Captain Ron involved in this incident?
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:17:34 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: Blood of Tyrants
Maybe they were inspired by the Concorda and wanted to see how close to shore they could sail.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:17:55 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: Innovative
boat...
big hole in the water you throw money in to
So...
what exactly did they expect?
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:18:52 PM PST
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house....)
To: GingisK
It could have been worse they could have run into some gorillas.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:20:35 PM PST
by
freefdny
To: GnuThere
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:20:43 PM PST
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house....)
To: buffaloguy
"A Colorado couple."
Enough said.
To: cableguymn
Sailing is a relaxing blast! 36 foot Islander out of Sandusky.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:23:02 PM PST
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
To: Innovative
a 28 foot boat is pretty small to go to sea in. I’ve seen life boats bigger than that.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:23:48 PM PST
by
babygene
(hMake America Great Again)
To: ConservativeMind
No, they didn’t have a house to sell. They had a used car to sell, and they started this adventure with something just over $10K, almost all of which they sank into the sailboat.... which promptly sank.
They sound like total incompetents, barely introduced to sailing and going through a difficult channel AT NIGHT, IN FOG. And they thought they would live on this boat for years to come, but they had no money (after buying and fixing the boat). Sounds like a perfect disaster couple, maybe Hollywood can make a movie.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:24:59 PM PST
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: cableguymn
Oh, that was fast. The comments on there are great.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:25:26 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: Innovative
Oh boy.......
Neither Broadwell nor Walsh had any boating experience, but that didn’t stop them from buying the 49-year-old vessel from Alabama, last April.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:27:15 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
To: Innovative
Too much weed. Weed and sailing don’t mix.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:27:17 PM PST
by
buffaloguy
(Bond arms Cowbot)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:28:12 PM PST
by
samtheman
(We dont need no stinking summaries. Release unedited FISA documents.)
To: ConservativeMind
A few years ago, my brother bought a 22’ sailboat with a cabin for $1000. The sails alone are the worth more.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:28:25 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
To: freefdny
At least they weren’t dying on Mt. Everest.... but they could have died in the water, except that they were so close to shore.
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posted on
02/10/2018 8:29:32 PM PST
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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