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Old 11-18-2007
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(17 September 2000, Queensland, Australia) Six young men and women with no sailing experience were rescued from an stolen luxury yacht after drifting into a pier only 400 metres from its mooring. They had intended to sail around the world, and had packed all the essentials; 60 cans of baked beans, 1000 condoms, some liquor and cola and a library book on navigating by the stars. Lucky for them they were caught, as police report that "they had no fresh water and no food other than baked beans." The would-be sailors have been charged with unlawful use of a vessel. We can all be glad that at least with 1000 condoms, they weren't planning to breed.

It turned out that the man spotted flying through the air had just purchased the boat, and was filling its tanks before he set sail to San Francisco. As he prepared to motor away from the fuel dock, a dock attendant noticed that he had pumped the fuel into a fishing pole holder instead of his tanks. The alarmed employee instructed him to turn on his bilge pump and blowers, but the man stated that he was in too much of a hurry to wait for the fumes to clear.

As the attendant ran for his life, sparks from the engine's starter motor ignited the accumulated fumes.

The boat was dragged from the water with a bulldozer, and hauled to the junkyard as scrap. The owner was alive when he was carted off by the ambulance, but one way or another, his odds of surviving long in this world seem poor.

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Merttan...(LOL) thank god they got the first group...think of the effect of those beans on global warming!
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If I had a nickel for every time I went 400 meters with 1000 condoms, 60 cans of beans, and no water.......well I'd have 25 cents. It gets harder every time I try though.
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A: they probably figured they didnt need water as there was plenty around them
B: Wouldnt surprise me if they intended to circumnavigate on a stinkpot

I saw the pics on Sailnet in someones photo gallery of the fueling genious. i think his contribution privileges were permanently revoked.
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I bet they would have gone Donner party on each other..
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Damned police should have let the first group go. It would have improved the gene pool and gotten rid of at least one stink boat. Now thats a good day! (If only they could have managed to hit a couple jet ski's in the process.)
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