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Coin Sniper |
I just finished a call with a co-worker that lives in the Tampa area. He and his twin brother have been sailing decent sized boats longer than these two idiots have been alive He told me that before they would consider sailing around the world he would do the following: - Spend $200,000o on a suitable boat - Spend around a year sailing that boat in all kinds of conditions to assure they are prepared - Meticulously plan their route and contingency plans - When not doing the a fore mentioned sailing, pour over charts and any information they can get their hands on to be as knowledgeable as possible. - Have a $100,000 kitty to draw from on the trip Seems like experience has benefits before attempting a journey that can kill you. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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http://www.cabelas.com/product...418272.uts?slotId=13 Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| The Constable |
What's their Go Fund Me account up to? | |||
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Don't Panic |
I concur. Either that, or two villages are missing their idiots. | |||
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Sabonim |
Over $15,000... Link Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson | |||
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thin skin can't win |
That is such utter BS. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I skimmed through the donations... some clown put in $1000. There are quite a few $100 - $500 contributions to boot. Damn  | |||
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You know, bleeding heart liberals, and all that. | |||
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| chillin out |
We used to charter a sailboat from Miami Yacht Charters and take it over to the Bahamas for a week to ten days. We met a group on another boat in Bimini Harbor once that while sailing across they hit something in the Gulf Stream that rattled there boat but didn't penetrate the hull. They had a big scrape on the side of the bow. After hurricanes there can be a lot of floating debri in the water like sections of docks, pieces of piling etc.. Doesn't sound like this is the case here but I have known a couple of people who have damaged there power boats after hitting something floating just under the surface in the intercoastal waterway. I snagged a section of free floating poly line probably from an old crab pot on the keel of my J24 once. I practice Shinrin-yoku It's better to wear out than rust out Member NRA Member Georgia Carry | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
This was probably calculated from the start. And people wonder why I no longer allow Go Fund Me links in this forum. | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
If you check out their site, it links to a fb page -there are some very honest reviews. Including one stating that until they switched comments off on the gfm site, they weren’t getting squat. I cannot believe people are giving them money. I’m frickin amazed. As someone mentioned, wtf were they thinking when they put a flat bottomed sailboat in the ocean. These kids are genuinely stupid or total scam artists. Wow. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
https://www.facebook.com/Coupl...eam-486176841777366/ link to facebook sunken dreams page. Either incredibly unlucky or just tripled their investment by creating a sob story wrecking the boat they just flipped it for a $10K profit. | |||
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| thin skin can't win |
Oh, well then, that just makes me feel exactly the same as I did before except now about another person as well! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| You don’t fix faith, River. It fixes you.  |
That's a pretty high bar! If you can do all that then good on you. But I assure you PLENTY of folks have cruised - me included - on far, far less that what your friend is proposing. Old Joshua Slocum would probably never left home if he had that kind of cash available!!  And as for the two knuckle-heads who sunk their boat... They sound like complete fools. Lucky to be alive. ---------------------------------- "If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.." - Thomas Sowell | |||
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