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getagrip_already

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40. I spend a lot of time on the water in all weather conditions.....

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #34)

Sat Sep 5, 2020, 04:09 PM

Sep 2020

Some would make you wish you did drown. And noit on a lake, 125 miles out in the atlantic on multi-day fishing trips.

But I've never felt unsafe because I and my crew are prepared and experienced.

Boating is not dangerous. People get stupid ad stupid people get hurt. Or, bad luck happens.

You can get badly hurt in a car accident far easier than on a boat.

Just my experience.

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Multiple boats in distress, sinking at Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis [View all] teach1st Sep 2020 OP

Why? Girard442 Sep 2020 #1

Probably from collisions. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #13

But... They'll be dripping wet, sitting on the shore, clenching their fists, and shouting to the sky ck4829 Sep 2020 #15

That is what I want to know.. Weater is clear, no whitecaps other than boat wakes.... getagrip_already Sep 2020 #31

McFail's Navy. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #2

I see what you did there!!!! MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #4

LOL this is a sign of things to come - SS Trumptanic sinking and rats abandoning ship! onetexan Sep 2020 #38

DUzy!! Coventina Sep 2020 #8

... mcar Sep 2020 #24

Bwah! Blue Owl Sep 2020 #30

oh dear.... dhill926 Sep 2020 #3

A boat (singular) is probably the last place you want to have an emergency ck4829 Sep 2020 #5

I'd say that is a plane.... getagrip_already Sep 2020 #33

Both up there ck4829 Sep 2020 #34

I spend a lot of time on the water in all weather conditions..... getagrip_already Sep 2020 #40

I am trying so hard not to laugh. sheshe2 Sep 2020 #6

Kind of a metaphor for the campaign. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #7

Hahaha SheltieLover Sep 2020 #25

Note to first responders - "take your time......" George II Sep 2020 #9

The affected boats may not be part of the parade. These guys are probably creating big wakes TeamPooka Sep 2020 #12

Yep, too many boats too close together. brush Sep 2020 #23

I'm sure a bunch of drunk MAGAts can be counted on... Girard442 Sep 2020 #29

Another Darwin event? ananda Sep 2020 #35

Are the passengers, um, bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #10

Very nice dalton99a Sep 2020 #11

Report back when the casualties exceed the trump virus ones. erronis Sep 2020 #17

Planeloads teach1st Sep 2020 #14

Next, let's MAKE this Captain go down with his ships Mr. Ected Sep 2020 #16

'Many boats in distress,' several have sunk during 'Trump Boat Parade' on Lake Travis, TSCO says Eugene Sep 2020 #18

Thanks! teach1st Sep 2020 #19

Probably these jokers.... paleotn Sep 2020 #20

Lake Travis can be pretty treacherous UpInArms Sep 2020 #21

From what I read they were stuck at a spot called Emerald Point LeftInTX Sep 2020 #44

Sinking: Just like asshole's campaign. 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #22

Yup! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #26

Fatfuck's Flim-Flam Flotilla of Folly Blue Owl Sep 2020 #27

Tough shit. Serves them right. (nt) Paladin Sep 2020 #28

Thoughts and prayers.....and heavy anchors with short tethers NT Rorey Sep 2020 #32

may the holes be large and the plugs small...... n/t getagrip_already Sep 2020 #36

A metaphor for Trump's re-election. LogicFirst Sep 2020 #37

I don't want anyone's life in danger, but somehow this seems appropriate ashredux Sep 2020 #39

Tweet of the Day? rizlaplus Sep 2020 #41

The seas were angry that day, my friends... Blue Owl Sep 2020 #42

That's what you get for picking the same day whistler162 Sep 2020 #43

After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Sep 2020 #45