Couple buys boat, promptly sinks it

[pixy0stix]

These people have been ALL OVER the news here, and it's driving me nuts that their incompetence is taking up so much news space. Something that isn't clear in the articles, but these 2 didn't know how to sail, yet this was their dream.


kdvr.com/2018/02/12/colorado-couple-sells-everything-to-buy-boat-to-sail-the-world-it-sinks-on-day-two/

www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/02/couple_spends_life_savings_on.html

[pugz]

1) WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR GO FUND ME! 2) WTF you are taking your pug to sail the world with you? Pugs can’t swim!!! Too much neck fat not enough neck 😂

[So_Fetch]

And the go fund me has exceeded their want. Who are these people with money to support such stupidity?
I hope their dog was okay.

[pugz]

Nope got more to say. A $5,000 boat?! To sail the world in?!

[pixy0stix]

I mean, why buy insurance? Surely nothing will happen when operating a boat you don't know how to sail.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

White people

[pixy0stix]

Feb 13, 2018 17:42:30 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

White people

I'll add Millennials to this assessment.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

Feb 13, 2018 17:43:08 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Feb 13, 2018 17:42:30 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

White people

I'll add Millennials to this assessment.

Btw, your signature

[pugz]

Uber drivers. That is what they do for a living. I will gladly take this pug and give it the stable home it deserves 😂 ON DRY LAND

[jenny1980]

"The couple is currently unemployed and they didn’t have insurance on the boat – but they said they plan to get another boat."

[miniroller]

$11,400+ in just THREE DAYS you guys!!!!
I’m saddened by the future outlook of this country.

[winecat]

I have focused too much of my life on being competent.


:::: throws things ::::

[Champagne Supernova]

Why didn't they just get a camper van and call it a day to begin with?

[pixy0stix]

I've been trying to find the article I saw this morning, but apparently people are offering other sacrificial boats to this alter of mediocracy.

[amberlyrose]

Feb 13, 2018 17:51:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I've been trying to find the article I saw this morning, but apparently people are offering other sacrificial boats to this alter of mediocracy.

I'll take one, if there is extra. Why not take a free boat? At least I'm not dumb enough to try to sail it around the world. Or beyond a lake.


 

[cuddlyevil]

Do we need to start our predictions for the 2019 Darwin awards?

[aurora]

I can't believe people are donating to their go fund me.

[aurora]

Feb 13, 2018 17:39:37 GMT -5 pugz said:

1) WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR GO FUND ME! 2) WTF you are taking your pug to sail the world with you? Pugs can’t swim!!! Too much neck fat not enough neck 😂

Not the point, but wouldn't fat help them float since it's bouyant? I get the part about not enough neck.

In any case I'm glad the dog is OK.

[pugz]

Feb 13, 2018 18:29:33 GMT -5 aurora said:

Feb 13, 2018 17:39:37 GMT -5 pugz said:

1) WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR GO FUND ME! 2) WTF you are taking your pug to sail the world with you? Pugs can’t swim!!! Too much neck fat not enough neck 😂

Not the point, but wouldn't fat help them float since it's bouyant? I get the part about not enough neck.

In any case I'm glad the dog is OK.

One might think but no neck and flat face make it hard to keep their face above water. I have seen pugs swim but it is a learned skill. Mine can with a life jacket that has a strap to keep her chin up.

[wawa]

Feb 13, 2018 18:43:50 GMT -5 pugz said:

Feb 13, 2018 18:29:33 GMT -5 aurora said:

Not the point, but wouldn't fat help them float since it's bouyant? I get the part about not enough neck.

In any case I'm glad the dog is OK.

One might think but no neck and flat face make it hard to keep their face above water. I have seen pugs swim but it is a learned skill. Mine can with a life jacket that has a strap to keep her chin up.

I had a boxer that sank like a stone.

These people...I just...fuck them.

[fryjack2]

Feb 13, 2018 17:51:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I've been trying to find the article I saw this morning, but apparently people are offering other sacrificial boats to this alter of mediocracy.

Are they also offering sailing lessons?

[fryjack2]

The next time these morons will be in the news is when they are being rescued by the coast guard 28.34 hours into their 2nd attempt to sail around the world.

[litebright]

Until this thread, I have steadfastly avoided opening any stories on this couple because the blurbs are enough to irk me. The dream of a pair of mediocre naïfs, tragically lost at sea lololololololol.

Boohoo, they're stupid. I feel sorry for their dog and anyone who throws money their way. The end.

[turnipthebeet]

I mean, buy a boat and sail around the world. Or live in a van. There are plenty of ways of having a non traditional lifestyle and I think it’s great.

But dude. A rainy day fund and insurance. Every time.

[bitsandpieces]

Feb 13, 2018 18:43:50 GMT -5 pugz said:

Feb 13, 2018 18:29:33 GMT -5 aurora said:

Not the point, but wouldn't fat help them float since it's bouyant? I get the part about not enough neck.

In any case I'm glad the dog is OK.

One might think but no neck and flat face make it hard to keep their face above water. I have seen pugs swim but it is a learned skill. Mine can with a life jacket that has a strap to keep her chin up.

Omg. I would love to see a picture of that.

[mbcdefg]

Well, why be competent when you can just act like a jackass and get attention and money for it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Exhibit A:

[aprilsails]

To be honest, when you are buying a boat for $5000 and it is ‘equipped’ for sailing around the world, you don’t put insurance on it. Insurance will cost 5x as much as the boat and it doesn’t payout worth shit, so many cruisers self-insure, meaning they know they may lose it all or they actually have $50-$60k in the bank

These idiots were probably inspired by some of the hobo cruisers out there who write books and blogs about their sailing travels. Most of them actually know what they are doing, and cruisers barter services and usually work some kind of a remote job (or, you know, actually have savings so they can afford food, medical insurance, Harbour fees, gas money, and repairs).

Where they really show their stupid is sailing at night. I’ve spent over a year at sea on various boats and have my cruising licenses so I can rent a boat anywhere in the world and you avoid sailing at night at all costs. Obviously when you are crossing the Atlantic you don’t have a choice, but one day out from your first port, you should really not be playing around in the dark. It’s far less safe and you really can’t see well to navigate or avoid hazards to navigation. I doubt this $5000 boat was equipped with an excellent depth sounder, radar or gps. Ugh.

[aliciabella]

Feb 13, 2018 17:48:15 GMT -5 miniroller said:

$11,400+ in just THREE DAYS you guys!!!!
I’m saddened by the future outlook of this country.

Capitalism!!! Fucking genius. I need to start me a go fund me.

[bowies]

Colorado isn’t sending their best.

[aliciabella]

You people think about this all wrong. The idiots are the ones donating to this "charity." The smart ones are the unemployed people setting up a go fund me and watching the idiots donate while high-fiving each other in their parents' cottage house. You are all just jelly; I sure the fuck em.