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wow is right. I'm a little confused by the statement that norwalk sent out a fire boat. I have no clue of the area, but was he in open ocean or a bay? And it seems like he was just out of town like past a breakwater?
You know, I try not to rush to judgement when I read these things, because often, you don't get the person's own words, only what the press is reporting.
There are enough of this guy's own words in the article for me to feel pretty secure about declaring him a Grade A, Class 1, f$$$ing retard. He completely screwed up, and in the end, insists that he doesn't need any training or help, he has all the knowledge necessary for what he's doing.
If he'd screwed up and said "Yeah next time, I'll take a class or get some sailing friends to teach me, and study some internet resources." I'd feel better.
Yep the guys got balls allright ......Balls to ask for help!!!!
Take off in a $200 boat without a good preflight & knowing you bought a $200 boat didn't bring a pocket full of pins ,clips and maybe a copula snach blocks & a coil of rope??? (ya I said rope he didnt deserve the term line or sheet)....
IF he has done this a few times then he allready KNOWS more than I do....But I bet ya I'll know more than him inside of 30 days on deck! ( and I dare yall to hold me to it too)
In the news article the owner states . . . "There were so many people who wanted her," Williams said in a telephone interview Sunday night. "But I got her."
That doesn't equate . . . if soooo many people really wanted her, she wouldn't have sold for that price.
Well it likely started of at a $1 and a bunch of people put in bids of up to 150 or so. But yea, not a lot of bids could have been put in till you get to 158.
I liked how he thought he could just sail a boat he paid 158 for form Connecticut to Florida, with just a few bologna sandwiches and not even have to do a few repairs. His wife should just stay in the Philippines.
So let me get this straight, he splurges ($158.0) on a boat (sight unseen), arranges travel (Greyhound) to retrieve her, provisions her (bologna and cheese), updates her communication network (hand held vhf) and sets off to travel the ICW because as he states 'he had sailed to Europe as a kid and that gave him enough experience to pass a sailing class.' I mean really, who are we to judge if we've never been in his shoes. That would be like trying to tell someone they're not a pilot after they bought a ticket, got a ride to the airport, ate a meal on the plane and actually took the flight somewhere.
Hey, the guy did have sense enough to have a VHF with him.....
I can understand the cheap boat, the trip from Tx - mind you, the bus ticket was nearly double the boat price, the no preparing, the shake down at night, even the achoring in 120' water,
but dammit, bologna and cheese???
He must be an idiot...
It was the bus ticket part I didn't understand. I mean that's southwest airlines country, ain't it? It would almost certainly be cheaper to fly, but maybe he thought it would be too dangerous?
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