KJ
El Capitan
The liveaboard folks a couple of slips away from me have put their boat (38’ Bayliner) up for sale. They are in their late sixties.
They have just returned from a run down to Florida and back. Apparently, on the way down they hit some pretty nasty conditions crossing St. Andrew Sound and the wife got the crap scared out of her. She told me that her husband had definitely “lost control” of the boat several times and they were very close to “going over” a couple of times. As soon as they reached Jacksonville she jumped ship and flew to her sister’s. He said that the conditions were pretty rough, but they were never in any danger.
After a week he was able to talk her into coming back to the boat to finish their trip. Their destination was somewhere on Florida’s west coast. They made it as far as Lake Okeechobee, where he agreed to turn around and head back. I chatted with them a couple of days after they where back in their slip and I could tell there was definitely something wrong. So now, a week after returning, their boat is for sale. The husband doesn’t want to sell it and is pretty pissed about the whole thing.
It’s really too bad because I know she was excited about going on their “voyage”. They had been talking about it and planning it for at least a year. They had made several overnight trips down the Waccamaw, but they never poked their noses out on to the ocean.
When we crossed St. Andrew Sound it was pretty rough and I can see where it could be somewhat “scary” in some boats.
On a lighter note, the folk’s right next to me left yesterday to start their “Loop” trip on their Fathom 40. They are heading north to spend a month exploring the Chesapeake area.
I hope they have better luck. KJ
ps casual observation; northbound traffic on the ICW is definitely picking up every day.
They have just returned from a run down to Florida and back. Apparently, on the way down they hit some pretty nasty conditions crossing St. Andrew Sound and the wife got the crap scared out of her. She told me that her husband had definitely “lost control” of the boat several times and they were very close to “going over” a couple of times. As soon as they reached Jacksonville she jumped ship and flew to her sister’s. He said that the conditions were pretty rough, but they were never in any danger.
After a week he was able to talk her into coming back to the boat to finish their trip. Their destination was somewhere on Florida’s west coast. They made it as far as Lake Okeechobee, where he agreed to turn around and head back. I chatted with them a couple of days after they where back in their slip and I could tell there was definitely something wrong. So now, a week after returning, their boat is for sale. The husband doesn’t want to sell it and is pretty pissed about the whole thing.
It’s really too bad because I know she was excited about going on their “voyage”. They had been talking about it and planning it for at least a year. They had made several overnight trips down the Waccamaw, but they never poked their noses out on to the ocean.
When we crossed St. Andrew Sound it was pretty rough and I can see where it could be somewhat “scary” in some boats.
On a lighter note, the folk’s right next to me left yesterday to start their “Loop” trip on their Fathom 40. They are heading north to spend a month exploring the Chesapeake area.
I hope they have better luck. KJ
ps casual observation; northbound traffic on the ICW is definitely picking up every day.