sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

[tashasdaddy]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

Tasha is 6 y/o, she is a rescue, but now has a great life and extremely loyal. from where i come into the St Johns, across the river to Downtown is a wide open 7 miles stretch.

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

and NOW

So wrong...Yet funny....Feel guilty laughing at that....Maybe TD should just get into Submarine repair and not worry about em going under..LOL


TD...
Glad they are OK..Having met you, I think if they were harmed it would bug ya down deep for a long time..

 

[MikDee]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

So Sad, Thank God they got out alive! But, that's no place for a boat that size, unless it's quite calm, and he stays close too shore, if it blows up, you gotta act fast, & know what you're doing, in order to have half a chance to get back. It appears they didn't have much experience on the water.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

it was just a new boaters mistake, i had been there many times in that boat. just have to watch conditions. the storm was a wicked one, that came on fast.

what bothers me is that motor has never given one minutes trouble. hate to see it gone. it is going to be 99% trash, running in very brackish water, when it went down.

 

[FBPirate95]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

I didn't know that the St. Johns got that wide

Tashasdaddy, how old is your husky? (Sorry to sidetrack the thread).

A lot of people don't realize how massive the St Johns River is. Its average width is over 2 miles, and like TD said its widest spot is between 3-4 miles across. Depth varies a lot but there are some areas as deep as 70+feet.

Its a big slow, lazy river. All of which leads to its pollution issues since it can't "flush" contaminants to the ocean quick enough.

 

[j_martin]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

Glad it turned out without loss of life.

A Mung man in the cities borrowed a small boat, loaded his whole family in it, and went fishing below a dam in the spring. When he decided to leave, he pulled the anchor before he started the engine and got sucked up against the dam by the current. Someone threw him a line and he tied it to the stern of the boat. When the "helper" pulled, the boat sunk. Most of the family drowned.

A newbie on a boat that doesn't have a healthy respect for nature can really get into trouble fast.

 

[jaxnjil]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

it was just a new boaters mistake, i had been there many times in that boat. just have to watch conditions. the storm was a wicked one, that came on fast.

what bothers me is that motor has never given one minutes trouble. hate to see it gone. it is going to be 99% trash, running in very brackish water, when it went down.

i think its great there ok and not sueing you and giving you grief for there mistake TD

 

[rjlipscomb]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

Tasha is 6 y/o, she is a rescue, but now has a great life and extremely loyal. from where i come into the St Johns, across the river to Downtown is a wide open 7 miles stretch.

We have a black & white 20 month old named Czar. He's our spoiled little boy. Husky's are the best.

I lived in Jax and did not realize the river was that wide.

 

[jakebrake]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

remember folks... "there, but for the grace of God, go we".

keep an eye on the newbie. the life you save...well, it's a life. no matter if it's yours, mine, or a total randon strangers.

enough preachin'

damn shame about the boat, though.

 

[Blue Crabber]

Re: sold a boat, buyer sunk it second time out.

Sorry to hear about this TD. Glad that no one got hurt!

Looked like a nice little setup. To bad for them.