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23-05-2018, 11:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Marquette, Mi
Boat: Catalina 385
Posts: 76
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
Lord....
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23-05-2018, 11:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,909
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
This will be interesting to watch.
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23-05-2018, 11:55
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Cruising the northern Bahamas until June
Boat: Leopard 40 2009
Posts: 587
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
I would like to feel cautiously optimistic that they have learned their lessons, and take this seriously. Perhaps they got more from the world than they earned or deserved, but I suppose that I have as well. For my part: Good luck to the good ship Lagniappe II, and crew.
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23-05-2018, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Key West, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 911
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
One of the drivers on an Uber trip I was on a few weeks ago knows this couple. From his comments this should be entertaining at least...
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23-05-2018, 13:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Cape Coral FL
Boat: Hunter 33
Posts: 158
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
Who needs insurance if you do something stupid and sink your boat just cry a little and start a gofundme page
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23-05-2018, 13:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Australia
Boat: Milkraft 60 ex trawler
Posts: 4,653
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
Hope they have their GPIRB
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23-05-2018, 15:39
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Boat: FP Belize Maestro 43 and OPBs
Posts: 12,888
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
"1985 Cheoy Lee Pedrick 36-foot"
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"Walsh says the crew, which now includes Broadwell’s father, an experienced sailor, as well as his sister, another friend who lives aboard a sailboat, and three dogs total,"
I make that 5 people and 3 dogs on a 36 footer. That's going to get crowded
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23-05-2018, 17:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Gone sailing! Please don't tell our adult kids where we are!
Boat: Downeaster 38
Posts: 297
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
So let me get this straight...
The 36' Cheoy Lee was given to them by the former owner who "felt sorry" for them? (OK, they paid $1 to make it legal) and they made $16,000 from their Go Beg Me account from suckers?? W.T.F.???
Their is a really nice couple across the dock from me here in Mexico who have been working their asses off on their Cheoy Lee 7 days a week for 2 years now getting her ready to go. All their own money. (made by WORKING FOR IT!) No "Beg Me" account. No YouTube T&A nonsense. Just real, stand up, non-stupid, non-snowflake people that are doing it on their own.
And these 2 numbnuts get a do over for free and then some. What a crock of crap.
Yes Virginia, it is a brand new snowflake world.
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24-05-2018, 09:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New York, New York
Boat: Dufour Safari 27'
Posts: 1,907
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
Quote:
Originally Posted by SV Sailfish
So let me get this straight...
The 36' Cheoy Lee was given to them by the former owner who "felt sorry" for them? (OK, they paid $1 to make it legal) and they made $16,000 from their Go Beg Me account from suckers?? W.T.F.???
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I recall that they did pay to have the original boat removed, albeit at a reduced price. I think the salvage company gave them a half price quote of somewhere around $5,000. At least they did the right thing and had it removed. They certainly did come out ahead though. Hopefully they are settled and working now.
They do seem to have learned their lesson about being prepared, having insurance, and learning to sail.
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24-05-2018, 09:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Lower Chesapeake Bay Area
Boat: Bristol 27
Posts: 10,425
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
I think it's great that they are giving it another try.
Many would have quit simply because they ran aground and broke their boat
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24-05-2018, 10:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Boat: Leopard 39
Posts: 860
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
I say more power to them. They learned a hard lesson about nighttime approaches; but before the snide remarks go too far, let's be clear about something: When they wrecked, the markers at John's Pass had been moved by Irma, and the channel as marked was shoaled over. Following the markers even in the daytime with anything more than a 3 foot draft would put you on a sand bar. I know because I'm a "local." John's Pass is presently being dredged to restore a usable channel that is true to the markers. And if the world was kind to this young couple, why begrudge them that? Why not be happy that the world is that kind a place?
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24-05-2018, 10:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Florida
Boat: Freedom 32
Posts: 224
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
The World in which we live, sadly.
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24-05-2018, 10:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Florida
Boat: Scout 30
Posts: 3,112
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Re: Couple who sank off FL got a new boat
I don't get the ill will. Sometimes this forum just sounds like a bunch of grumpy old farts.
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