Runaway Sailboat Causes Havoc

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Runaway Sailboat Causes Havoc

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Runaway Sailboat Causes Power Outage at Dauphin Island

Very strange... :o :? :(
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:? Maybe it will show up at the Pirate Fest :D
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From Dauphin Island, AL to Beaufort, NC...un-manned...that would be impressive... :wink:
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Wow. Now THAT'S a 'WEATHER HELM'!
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kmclemore wrote:Wow. Now THAT'S a 'WEATHER HELM'!
8) :D
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Damn thing sails better thn I do...... :D
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Hmmmm, are salvage rights applicable now?? :)
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That is funny!!
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Why didnt the Ass unleash the blocks before he Jumped overboard? Maybe he was pitched overboard? Why the hull was he Sailing? Oh wait this is Alabama? oh nvm 8)
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Ormonddude wrote:Why didnt the Ass unleash the blocks before he Jumped overboard? Maybe he was pitched overboard? Why the hull was he Sailing? Oh wait this is Alabama? oh nvm 8)
Thank goodness for Alambama...otherwise Mississippi would be last in everything... 8)
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Ormonddude wrote:Why didnt the Ass unleash the blocks before he Jumped overboard? Maybe he was pitched overboard? Why the hull was he Sailing? Oh wait this is Alabama? oh nvm 8)
Happened in Alabama. Guy was from Florida. :wink:
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It always comes down to Florida or Germany... :D
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Where in Florida? There's a difference 'tween "Real Florida" and "Floribama" y'know... :P

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All,

While looking out the bay-ICW windows (winds were 40+ knots) of my condo on Tuesday, I saw a 30+ foot sailboat drag anchor about a 1/2 mile out on the ICW and watched her float E to W...it would not surprise me if she dragged 2 more miles west to Pensacola Pass and into the Gulf of Mexico...

It was a sad sight :cry:

BADDOG :macm:
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...retired New Yorkers in FL....

Hey! Why can't I see my GPS track in the water??
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