Yes, everyone has problems

[masraum]

Originally Posted by DAEpperson

My BIL fell asleep and grounded his 30' sailboat near La Jolla. They gave him 24hrs to get rid of it. Had to bring in an excavator that smashed it and loaded the remains on to several trucks. It cost him $35K. Last I heard I think he's gotten his insurance company to pay.

Holy Ouch!!! That hurts.

In college a buddy had a 14' or 18' Kris craft. We gong caught trying to camp on a small island in Tampa bay. A huge storm came in. The boat almost floated away, but a bunch of us pulled it as high as we could get it. The next morning, there were a bunch of feet of dry beach between the back of the boat and the water. Between lots of digging (by hand, IIRC) and lots of pushing and pulling, we managed to get it floating again. This boat looks a tad bigger.

[Noah930]

I remember leaving Nantucket on the ferry at the end of my honeymoon. Perched on top of the breakwater (like God had reached down and put it there) was a motorboat about 35' long. Must have been some sort of party up until that moment for them.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

Just sit right back
And you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
The Skipper brave and sure,
Five passengers set sail that day,
For a three hour tour,
A three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough,
The tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan,
The Skipper too.
The millionaire
And his wife,
The movie star,
The professor and Mary Ann,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.

So this is the tale of our castaways,
They're here for a long long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
It's an uphill climb.

The first mate and his Skipper too
Will do their very best,
To make the others comf'terble
In their tropic island nest.

No phone, no lights, no motor car,
Not a single luxury
Like Robinson Crusoe
It's primitive as can be.

So join us here each week my friends,
You're sure to get a smile,
From seven stranded castaways
Here on Gilligan's Isle!

[daepp]

[BeyGon]

Here's a dead one on the beach in Lahaina

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I don't have any problems I am a WINNER...

[BeyGon]

Update, it still won't float, the ranger said today we won't have a good high tide for another week, this guy doesn't have Vessel Assist and no insurance, the Coast Guard came in the morning it beached and drained all the fluids, no way to run it now, the guy had to pay the Coast Guard on the spot for the draining. Going downhill from here. I point this out to my wife and tell her how much better cars are, I don't lose nearly as much with a car.
I asked the ranger about salvage on the boat, he said it's not abandoned, the guy visits it every day.
This morning.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

....this boat washed ashore Friday, someone sure screwed up. The tide hasn't been high enough to float it.

Don't be so hard on the poor thing.
Although it is a wagon, I wouldn't really call it a boat.