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Couple sells everything for sailboat. It sinks on day 2
MSN ^ | Feb. 10, 2018 | Ryan W. Miller

Posted on 02/10/2018 7:58:49 PM PST by Innovative

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41 posted on 02/10/2018 8:31:05 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: vpintheak

I wonder if they’d ever heard of Josh Slocum?

https://youtu.be/f7mfjL-yeas


42 posted on 02/10/2018 8:32:00 PM PST by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: Innovative
Before setting out they should have read...

...and taken a CG Safe Boating Class. Maybe a healthy fear would have prompted them to get more knowledge and experience.

43 posted on 02/10/2018 8:32:07 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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44 posted on 02/10/2018 8:32:23 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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45 posted on 02/10/2018 8:34:48 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Innovative
Did they lose their gun collection in this tragic boating accident too?
46 posted on 02/10/2018 8:37:13 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: Innovative

Just remember the two happiest days in a boat owner’s life: The day he buys the boat, and the day he sells the boat.


47 posted on 02/10/2018 8:39:05 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Innovative

I don’t think you can buy a decent 28 ft. Ocean Going sailboat for 10 grand.


48 posted on 02/10/2018 8:39:21 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dfwgator
So this guy's going to be 1 for 2?

-PJ

49 posted on 02/10/2018 8:41:50 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Innovative

Somewhere, there’s a manatee with a bad headache.


50 posted on 02/10/2018 8:44:56 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Larry Lucido

Their life savings were $5,000?

Who goes out on the ocean in a $5,000 boat?

If the story is right this is just two young people doing what young people do everyday, not always putting a lot of thought into a plan.


51 posted on 02/10/2018 8:47:35 PM PST by MrKatykelly (Hello)
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Apparently, all they owned was only worth $5,000. Three months work for two people at minimum wage, minus minimal groceries and rent.

They did not lose much.


52 posted on 02/10/2018 8:48:30 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Daffynition

And they should have watched the documentary “Deep Water” about another sailor in over his head...soon to be a major motion picture!


53 posted on 02/10/2018 8:48:42 PM PST by Zarro (Dead Cruz, the Slimy Ooze. Hat tip: DoughtyOne and Pray All Day)
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To: RandallFlagg
“Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies......”

"... We hope in a short time to see you again."

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

54 posted on 02/10/2018 8:55:56 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Innovative

I’m thinking that 35’ would be a good minimum for “sustainable” living.


55 posted on 02/10/2018 8:57:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Innovative

I’m not at all referring to this poor couple, but I live in Colorado and I’m intimately familiar with the “sailboat” clan here. They’re the most pretentious group of bores I’ve ever worked for, as a TV Producer. As individuals, I’m thankful for their generosity to me... It’s just sad to me that they are such phonies to each other.


56 posted on 02/10/2018 8:57:30 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Innovative
Did they save the guns...

Whoops! This isn't the 2A thread...

57 posted on 02/10/2018 8:59:01 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Innovative

Bust Out Another Thousand x 10.


58 posted on 02/10/2018 8:59:23 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Innovative

They are lucky it happened where it happened .
That place is easy navigation and easy to get rescued .

They would have never made it past the 10,000 islands to get to the keys if they had trouble there . There is not much around to get help once you are out there .


59 posted on 02/10/2018 8:59:55 PM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: Innovative
Someone's Rocking My DreamBoat
60 posted on 02/10/2018 9:10:27 PM PST by Trillian
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