Sailor Abandons Boat off Florida coast

[JayCall]

Volusia County sure did not have much problem deciding what to do with the boat. $200 to the towing company and it was in the dump in the same day!

[weto]

THAT is a meat puppet !

[thomm225]

Well, he did have the balls to give it a shot! Unlike you fellas who would never stray from the herd ............

And he will be back after he pays what he owes at $10.00 a month.

[weto]

Is that what you call a "shot" ? Hmmm....

[Tellie]

So a truck shows up at a stranded boat, on the beach, hooks it up and hauls it to the dump miles away for $200 bucks. Try getting a 1/2 mile tow from SeaTow without their insurance and see if it only costs you $200 bucks.

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by Tellie

So a truck shows up at a stranded boat, on the beach, hooks it up and hauls it to the dump miles away for $200 bucks. Try getting a 1/2 mile tow from SeaTow without their insurance and see if it only costs you $200 bucks.

Last year a guy capsized his 16' or so boat in the cut at Panama City Fl beach, Seatow showed up and wanted $600 to tow him the 1/2 mile to the State Park ramp he had put in at. He didn't have that kind of money so I towed him in, for most of the tow, Seatow and a couple of the Fish and Game boats watched.
I was pretty surprised that the Fish and Game boats didn't offer to assist in any way, and they way they watched us, I expected some kind of ticket.
I do have Seatow insurance, be crazy not to.

[Cap Erict3]

100 miles in the Atlantic in a $500 23' sailboat. It qualifies him as a sailor. Not a good one certainly but a sailor in my book.

I think he deserves his anchor tattoo if he wants one.

It is possible that in losing his boat, that he lost a step up from sleeping in a box or under a bridge.

Can you remember the line? There but for the grace ..........

[ozskipper]

Its sad that he lost his boat and his dream ( hate to hear of any sailboat that is lost). But Darwin may have just dived bombed him and he only just missed getting the Darwin Award- this time. Reading one book does not make anyone a sailor. It makes them Dangerous!

[s/v 'Faith']

Originally Posted by Cap Erict3

100 miles in the Atlantic in a $500 23' sailboat. It qualifies him as a sailor. Not a good one certainly but a sailor in my book...........

....and about 10x as much offshore experience as many posters here.

[Therapy]

Originally Posted by Vasco

Actually I did a search on CF and found that he had posted his intentions here. The majority of replies told him to go for it.

Originally Posted by Vasco

It's a joke, Tim.

I am glad I kept reading. You had me there. And the rest of the responses prove that it is not really a joke at all. Just dive in. Don't bother to check the depth. Just dive right in.

Sheesh.

[Ita]

70 post and no mention of guns yet?

[Adelie]

Originally Posted by Ita

70 post and no mention of guns yet?

There was a mention of them in post #71.

[Sand crab]

What about ankers. We want ankers.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Sand crab

What about ankers. We want ankers.

See Post #48

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Sand crab

What about ankers. We want ankers.

Who needs ankers? We've got a world class wanker...

Jim