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02-16-2015, 03:06 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Is it just me ?
As I watched the coast guard rescuing the two nit wits trying to take a 43 foot sailboat to Australia the other day.
I am amazed at the stupidity of leaving in winter and with a serious ocean storm about to happen.
WTF goes through these windbaggers minds ?
Obviously not much, they should thank God every day for the brave souls who go out to save the ass of morons that should just stay on the golf course.
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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02-16-2015, 03:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Southern RI
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According to the Newport News, the Sedona was owned by Jason McGlashan, who purchased it on eBay, the online auction site, for $10,000. Jason McGlashan told the paper he and his father, Reg, planned to make the 8,600-nautical mile voyage to Port Macquarie, Australia, over six to eight weeks.
“We’ve never done anything like this. Dad’s not even a sailor, but he’s a quick study,” Jason McGlashan told the Newport Daily News. “We've got plenty of food, plenty of booze, good sails and all the safety gear you could ever need, so we’re going to be OK.” Question answered?
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02-16-2015, 04:07 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Wonder if the bloodlines include that idiot capt that sent the Bounty to the bottom a few years ago ?
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02-16-2015, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Gansett
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
they should thank God every day for the brave souls who go out to save the ass of morons that should just stay on the golf course.
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I think that goes for every vessel, every swimmer that gets swept, and us surfcasters that may need their assistance some day. Never mind the millions of people obliviously unsuspecting of how the Coast Guard are holding the borders or just stopped their kid from gettin doped up |
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02-16-2015, 10:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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I was shocked when i heard someone was out sailing in that storm, now not so much. So they were just leaving Newport heading to Australia? I am sure they were warned about leaving. Hell the Coast Guard may have been given a heads up about these two.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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02-17-2015, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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They left Newport and what I can't figuere out is Newport has the largest sailing community of experts in the world. Where the hell were they when these guys were planning this trip to tell them it was stupid and stop them? It was all over the Newport paper before they sailed so there was plenty of time for some education.
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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02-17-2015, 08:47 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
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I like the comedian said; you just can't fix stupid. Like the husband who dropped off his 32 year old wife to do a little winter hiking in the worst conditions possible without any of the appropriate survival gear if things turn bad.
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02-17-2015, 10:14 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Husband may have had an ulterior motive.
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02-17-2015, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Recently read a few books about the Bounty rescue and 2 others about CG rescues by the same other. Good reads.
Amazing job they do and it is a shame to send them out for idiots.
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02-22-2015, 12:18 AM
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Bait Boy's Dad
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Shore MA
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Crazy - I was talking to a very nice woman I work with and she said her and her husband built that Carroll Yacht years ago. I think they gave up the business 10-20 years ago. They were impressed how the boat stood up to the conditions. I wonder where it is now, Crazy.
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May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it - Irish Blessing
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02-22-2015, 12:37 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Can't believe they thought that they could make that passage in 6 weeks. More like 4 months
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02-22-2015, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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i guess they didn't watch the Robert Redford movie...... 
that woulda learned-em |
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02-22-2015, 11:45 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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You know that that pair still have a few more dumb ass father son bonding adventures in them.
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02-23-2015, 01:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Breezy Point , NY
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Like maybe Everest unassisted in January. Now , there's an agenda.
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02-23-2015, 01:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Breezy Point , NY
Posts: 39
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A bunch of years ago, maybe late 80's there was a saliboat, maybe 50 feet, on the beach one AM with all sorts of activity buzzing around it. I was doing a low tide beach run and stopped to talk to the owner. He had sailed it nearly around the world and missed the turn into the NY Bight by keying on the Coney Island lights which he mistook for the Breezy Point Jetty. He was experienced. Why anyone ever takes the ocean lightly is beyond comprehension.
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02-23-2015, 05:43 PM
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got gas?
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,716
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dying time
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