Posted on 03/04/2018 7:15:48 AM PST by dynachrome
The Colorado couple who sank their beloved sailboat two days into their journey to the Caribbean is getting another go at navigating the high seas.
Tanner Broadwell, 26, and girlfriend Nikki Walsh, 24, sold everything they owned to pursue their dream of one day sailing around the world. However, they didn’t get far – their sailboat hit a sandbar and capsized off the coast of Madeira Beach, FL, two days later, leaving them only with $90 and no home.
The story of the couple’s misfortune quickly went viral and caught the eye of retired physician and boat owner, Mark Reinecke, who turned the couple’s luck around by selling them his 1985 Cheoy Lee Pedrick 36-foot sailboat for $1, the Daily Mail reported.
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Travelling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops boy.
The upkeep on a 36 ft. sailboat is enormous. Wise move by the doc.
Well, they are either going to learn to sail or die in the boat. They had also better learn to dive on the hull, apply varnish, etc.!
So true. They no doubt believe the pernicious rumor that you can do anything you set your mind to do. Sometimes circumstances and sandbars intervene.
Sweet gesture. Some sailing lessons should be included.
I have a feeling the Lord was trying to tell them something.
A 36 footer is more liveable than a 24 footer.
Better for deep water too.
Next story about these two will be how they’re missing in the South Atlantic, or got hijacked by pirates off the coast of Africa.
They pulled off this stunt as a way to get crowd funding and then people come to their aid.
Well, it says they’re planning to go to the Caribbean, but there’s plenty of piracy there, too.
They cashed in on what many think was a hoax, to the tune $17K from ignorami on the internet who will throw money away for nothing. That’s way more than they needed to salvage the last boat.
Now this guy comes along and gives them a nice big boat. Appears from the photo to possibly be around a 30 footer, more than suited for offshore cruising but a big handfull for two people who don’t know how to sail.
They probably really don’t want it!
At least they don’t have any children to endanger on it during hurricane season.
What’s the over/under on how fast they sink the new boat? Two days? Maybe a week?
A 36 Cheoy Lee is a blue water boat. Now if they just knew how. lol
That’s what I was thinking....if they make it that far
Next time they sink it will be in the middle of the Atlantic.
Good luck with that.
They are obviously not Freepers or they would have mentioned the firearms lost in the first sinking.
And this stupid young couple won’t think, “Geez, what a nice guy.” They’ll think, “See? The Universe recognizes how special we are!!”
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