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1 posted on 07/24/2025 11:13:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
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The captain of the Exxon Valdez is still manning a ship?


2 posted on 07/24/2025 11:14:40 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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“Offshore Lifestyle” sounds like it involves a lot of drinking.


3 posted on 07/24/2025 11:17:01 AM PDT by Fido969
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4 posted on 07/24/2025 11:17:52 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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The real yacht rock!


5 posted on 07/24/2025 11:17:56 AM PDT by RAT_Poison
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How to Avoid Huge Ships, by John W. Trimmer is a one of my favorite books on Amazon. It has over 1400 reviews, one of which attests that after reading the book the largest thing the reader was hit by was a diesel bus.
8 posted on 07/24/2025 11:25:48 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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Hey, you scratched my anchor.
9 posted on 07/24/2025 11:30:28 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Newton’s 3rd Law?


10 posted on 07/24/2025 11:31:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Been on the Midway about 15 years ago - they did a really nice job with it.


12 posted on 07/24/2025 11:32:43 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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https://www.amazon.com/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/0870334336

How to Avoid Huge Ships Paperback – January 1, 1993
by John W. Trimmer (Author)


14 posted on 07/24/2025 11:37:22 AM PDT by Jemian (It is great to be an Auburn Tiger! War Eagle!)
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15 posted on 07/24/2025 11:40:57 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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So the aircraft carrier sustained more damage than a 65 foot pleasure boat? Good thing the ship never faced a direct enemy attack.


17 posted on 07/24/2025 11:44:48 AM PDT by PAR35
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Let’s say that again…

“ crashing his yacht into the USS Midway Museum, a docked aircraft carrier permanently situated at the San Diego downtown waterfront...”

A docked aircraft carrier permanently situated…

“Umm… sorry officer… I didn’t see him… He came out of nowhere….”


19 posted on 07/24/2025 11:47:35 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.,)
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Weird ... none of the articles have a pic of the perp.


20 posted on 07/24/2025 12:06:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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How did it get that close?


22 posted on 07/24/2025 12:20:01 PM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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“Anchors Aweigh, my boys,
Anchors Aweigh!”


24 posted on 07/24/2025 12:24:01 PM PDT by lee martell
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Probably a bad career move for yacht guy.


27 posted on 07/24/2025 12:44:34 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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I doubt the yacht did NY thing more than scratch the paint.

Old aircraft carriers have a 10-20" solid steel torpedo belt at the water line and below.

29 posted on 07/24/2025 12:49:38 PM PDT by Ikeon (5,365 times, I've already told ya. YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID)
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How do you fail to see an aircraft carrier...

Its uh kinda BIG ....


33 posted on 07/24/2025 1:45:44 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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From the article:

“Maybe a fence around it or something like that, a barrier so the ship can be guarded, and a lookout,”

Yes, yes, a lookout. That way if they see a yacht coming at them they can turn out of its way. That’s some smart thinking right there.


35 posted on 07/24/2025 2:41:09 PM PDT by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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So he scratched the paint a little?


38 posted on 07/24/2025 3:05:43 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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