What's there problem. The economy is booming and jobs galore. They should each be able to find a couple jobs to get ready for their next fiasco.

Part of me thinks this all part of their plan.

"Lagniappe", the name of their very soggy sailboat means 'something given as a bonus or extra gift.'

I believe that it is considered bad luck to change the name of a boat, but perhaps they should have given it some consideration?!
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Somewhere there is a seller who is so very happy.

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
They paid $5,000 looking for a little something extra

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Originally posted by Cookster:
"Lagniappe", the name of their very soggy sailboat means 'something given as a bonus or extra gift.'

I believe that it is considered bad luck to change the name of a boat, but perhaps they should have given it some consideration?!
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As a sailor, I read about this kind of stuff periodically. About 10 years ago a homeless guy in NYC collected enough cans to buy a derelict 24' hull with the idea to sail to South Florida, anchor somewhere scenic and protected and live aboard. He had no experience or training, minimal equipment, and even had to sew his own sails from blue poly tarps. The media loved the guy, but it made the Coast Guard nervous as hell. So, when he left he was closely tracked, and handed off from one CG station to the next all the way down. He made it, but Florida wasn't all that happy to have him.

There's a big fight about people doing that very thing and ruining the view of wealthy land owners who paid for that view. Towns are passing laws forcing squatters to move along, but maritime law is generally in the boat owners favor, provided they have pockets deep enough to fight back.

Another couple sailing around the world put ashore on a remote island in the Pacific and found a castaway whose boat went down leaving him stranded, and alone. When they offered to take him with them, he declined. Everything he owned was tied up in his boat, and with no money, no home and no prospects, he figured he was doing about as well where he was as he would do anywhere else. So they left him a few supplies and sailed away.

Impossible to feel sorry for these idiots.

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
I read they only had $90 left.

How in the hell were they going to sail the world with $90?

And they are getting a participation trophy. When my wife was telling me about the story three hours ago, their gofundme account was already over $1,000.

It’s scam to get the GO Fund Me campaign started. They’re about as helpless as the panhandler pulling down $100/hr on the street.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Gofundme starts in 3....2.....1

when this passed my news feed, i immediately thought it a stunt to get a go fund me account/situation.

I have become so inured to this kind of fake panhandling i don't even think twice about it anymore.

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Originally posted by pbramlett:

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Originally posted by a1abdj:

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
[IMG]http://www.wootmonkey.com/upload/2018/02/11/20180211150648-f4016cc1.jpg

Just sayin......

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...0601935/m/9470084734

I know right. I caught it to and have been LMAO.

Did you really catch it to?

Well...Good life lesson happening here.

Glad they are ok.

Now turns those frowns upside down and get to work. No GoFundMe...

Earn it. Buy another boat and try not to sink that one.

Having sailed the Florida Gulf Coast waters for over 35 years, I can only say, idiots. That area by Johns Pass is forever changing. Local Knowledge is something they obviously did not have.

Pug Life

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
I looked them up.
Typical young idealistic couple with no clue.

For chrissakes. I was imagining a couple in their sixties recently retired.

Furthermore, when I hear sell everything you own, I'm thinking a few hundred grand. $10,000?

What I was thinking too. I was feeling sad for the couple based on the title. Less so the more I read.

Russian's hacked my post!

She looks a lot younger. Maybe the "Authorities" should inquire. Just say'in.

Of course I can sail that boat honey, I watched a Youtube video.

Retiring with a net worth of 10k?
Yea sounds fishy to me.
Anyone else think they might have been looking to score by smuggling drugs?

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
She looks a lot younger. Maybe the "Authorities" should inquire. Just say'in.

Must just be that picture. He’s 26 and she’s 24... and both were sick of their day jobs after so many years of the grind. Millennials.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/...ything-sail-12002547

“They set about with their plans because they were sick of their jobs.

"We got so tired of that lifestyle," Tanner said, "of doing things to make people do the things they don’t want to do."

The pair, who initially had no sailing experience, got busy doing up the boat and on Tuesday set sail from Tarpon Springs in Florida for their adventure.”

Boy that is a rough 26!

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
I suspect the underwater obstacle they hit was the bottom.
A 28 footer isn't the size boat that most would want to sail beyond the harbor and sight of land.

How much water would a 28 foot sailing vessel draw, with all that counter weight (keel) under it?

I guess they found out that it was more than they figured on.