Retired physician sells his boat for $1 to young couple who sank their sailboat in 2 days

Fox News ^ | 3-2-18 | Alexandra Deabler

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Arrr, ye take me meaning, lad.

[from occupied ga]

How stupid!! They were too dumb to do it right the first time (and too inexperienced also). What makes anyone think they won’t sink this one too. Oceans bays etc are extremely unforgiving of stupidity and ignorance. I have a boat and I can assure anyone who asks it is NOT like driving a car.

[markoman]

Tanner and Nikki???
Sounds like they’re more suited to doing porn.

Marko

[pabianice]

Recently talked with a friend who used to work for the FAA. He mentioned that in Alaska there are many self-taught pilots who never received any instruction, have no license, have no insurance, crash a lot. High accident rate in AK. Place is just too big and rough for any better enforcement.

[polymuser]

Is it insured with him as bene if they die? A buck for a Darwin display plus a boat payoff thrown in?

[a fool in paradise]

They can have my pet albatross as well. Damn thing eats too much and has to take expensive meds. Maybe he’ll bring them good luck.

[dynachrome]

From the comment section at Fox News:

“Here’s the way the story plays out: The boat sinks and they drown. Their families claim the boat wasn’t seaworthy and sue the doctor for $10 million. He has to sell everything he owns and the dumbasses’ families get rich. They become advocates for the “pursue your passion” movement and appear on MSNBC to preach against fatcat doctors who don’t really care about people yet become rich from exploiting the healthcare system. They tweet his address and picketers appear, driving them out of their home and into a homeless camp. They become featured on MSNBC as a sad tale of successful people who lost everything because of Donald Trump.”

[dynachrome]

Hmmm. Do the couple owe a gift tax on the probably high dollar gift the doctor gave them?

[V K Lee]

The couple auditioning to become the next SAILING DOODLES?

Living on the water, sailing the world, drinking, partying, all enjoyed by the donations of those who travel primarily by virtual reality. Hobbies do pay well for some.

[Lockbar]

Me thinks their resumed voyage will become an episode of....

[null and void]

*groan*

[null and void]

Tanner and Nikki???
Sounds like they’re more suited to doing porn.

*shrug* They've got experience going down...

[null and void]

Honey! We got a new boat!!!

Next stop, the Bermuda Triangle!

[Political Junkie Too]

Tell the kids it will help them to catch C bass.

-PJ

[oldasrocks]

I’ll make a large donation if they will take my wife with them.

[haircutter]

Not married?

Big deal, many in today’s generation do not marry..live to together, yes, marry no..
I know many today that don’t..

Maybe not a bad idea...ya think?

[GOPJ]

I hope he bought them sailing lessons too...

[Bigg Red]

No, it’s a terrible idea, which has contributed to the destruction of the family unit.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

You got that right. This story illustrates a lot of concepts, but the one that stands out for me, as a former boat owner, is the fact that so much of the boat market is pure luxury goods. People do not need them, and when the economy turns south or the owner's health limits their ability to sail or pilot, these things go on the market at fire sale prices. Point being, never buy a new boat, look carefully at the used market to find the ones where the owner's estate is selling the boat, or the owner bought the boat and didn't realize they were not going to have the time/interest to use it enough. My last boat was a Sea-Ray that the first owner had for 10 years. He used it for 34 total hours, kept it in a high and dry facility. Looked new, had some dated instrumentation, but was otherwise flawless.We bough it for less than 20% of the original selling price of ~$74K (and at that the owner had spent $24K storing it over the years he had it.) A boat truly is a hole in the water, into which one must pour a continuous supply of money...

[timestax]

ping