Lady Sailors are Bullshit Liars

[GeezerSteve]

Cf. http://www.kgw.com/news/local/paraly...rail/477641124

[The AD]

Cf. http://www.kgw.com/news/local/paraly...rail/477641124

I was thinking of this story, too.

[JimmyCarter]

The blond in the first link looks like Plake.

[Jong Lafitte]

I'm impressed that a boat that's only that big can host two people for 5 months without docking. Sounds kinda cool.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

They should be jailed for having a US Navy ship come "rescue" them. Scam artists who got tired of being broke lazy hippies and cooked up this scheme.

[that dude who did that thing]

LIke I said before, I agree the story is totally fishy, but that doesn't mean it's a scheme to get rich. If you're going to rush to judgment, at least make more interesting wild assed guesses.

Here's mine. The two met in a bar in HI, spent a week getting fucked up and bumping uglies. Somebody needed something delivered to Asia, no idea what, so they sail to the south pacific, spend 3 or 4 months running drugs, turning tricks, getting more fucked up and bumping more uglies. Whatever money they made they invested in a shitton of supplies for the boat, then head back to HI, break their mast, get rescued by the Navy (dumping a load of high grade horse overboard when the destroyers show up), and since they have no explanation for what they've been doing for the last 5 months that wouldn't embarrass their families, they make up this bullshit story.

[Danno]

LIke I said before, I agree the story is totally fishy, but that doesn't mean it's a scheme to get rich. If you're going to rush to judgment, at least make more interesting wild assed guesses.

Here's mine. The two met in a bar in HI, spent a week getting fucked up and bumping uglies. Somebody needed something delivered to Asia, no idea what, so they sail to the south pacific, spend 3 or 4 months running drugs, turning tricks, getting more fucked up and bumping more uglies. Whatever money they made they invested in a shitton of supplies for the boat, then head back to HI, break their mast, get rescued by the Navy (dumping a load of high grade horse overboard when the destroyers show up), and since they have no explanation for what they've been doing for the last 5 months that wouldn't embarrass their families, they make up this bullshit story.

I'm gonna go with this story. Occam's Razor and all.

[smartyiak]

LIke I said before, I agree the story is totally fishy, but that doesn't mean it's a scheme to get rich. If you're going to rush to judgment, at least make more interesting wild assed guesses.

Here's mine. The two met in a bar in HI, spent a week getting fucked up and bumping uglies. Somebody needed something delivered to Asia, no idea what, so they sail to the south pacific, spend 3 or 4 months running drugs, turning tricks, getting more fucked up and bumping more uglies. Whatever money they made they invested in a shitton of supplies for the boat, then head back to HI, break their mast, get rescued by the Navy (dumping a load of high grade horse overboard when the destroyers show up), and since they have no explanation for what they've been doing for the last 5 months that wouldn't embarrass their families, they make up this bullshit story.

I like this movie...starring Francia Raisa and Margot Robbie as our castaways.

[JimmyCarter]

[buttahflake]

That's great
I'm laughing

[Bobby Stainless]

They needed 15 minutes.

[KQ]

The comment from one of their mother's struck me as odd - it sounded very calm and "oh glad you found them" rather than "we've been worried sick! This is the happy ending we've been praying for! I'm so thankful!"

And is it odd that there was nothing (at least nothing I read) in the news about their disappearance prior to the rescue?

[that dude who did that thing]

In the movie version, mom needs to be desperately searching for them the whole time, so that you've got a role for a curiously attractive "older" actress who is matronly, but still sports a 6-pack (maybe Sigourney Weaver).

[GeezerSteve]

The comment from one of their mother's struck me as odd - it sounded very calm and "oh glad you found them" rather than "we've been worried sick! This is the happy ending we've been praying for! I'm so thankful!"

Cf. O.J. Simpson's pledge to devote his life to "find the real killers."

[Flyoverland Captive]

"Lady" sailors?

[old goat]

Tall tales have been an integral part of the seafaring life since men (and ladies) took to the sea thousands of years ago. Someone should write a sea shanty about them. Maybe throw in giant squid big enough to swallow a boat, mermaids, getting swallowed by a whale and spit back out.

[Buke]

For the Sailing version of TGR, check out the thread on Sailing Anarchy. Full of great quotes like, "The Navy should hire them. They won’t run into anything, including a harbor."

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/ind...fter-5-months/

[GeezerSteve]

[Timberridge]

Maybe throw in giant squid big enough to swallow a boat

Don't awaken the kraken. A thread mocking women is getting dangerously close to her wheelhouse.

[BmillsSkier]

5 Stars! This thread has it all:

2 ladies that met just a week prior to setting off on a trans-Pacific drug run, er, romantic voyage - nothing about that sounds impulsive and less than thought out.

An excellent hypothesis of the timeline by Jimmy.

Quint from Jaws.

A warning (it should really be boilerplate by now in all PR threads) to not wake the Kracken.

[PNWbrit]

In the movie version, mom needs to be desperately searching for them the whole time, so that you've got a role for a curiously attractive "older" actress who is matronly, but still sports a 6-pack (maybe Sigourney Weaver).

Who the fuck uses the term matronly in 2017

[NW_SKIER]

Don't awaken the kraken. A thread mocking women is getting dangerously close to her wheelhouse.

We're okay for now. The kraken usually surfaces in the shit that annoys you thread first. Keep a man in the bow on watch though.

[that dude who did that thing]

5 Stars! This thread has it all:

2 ladies that met just a week prior to setting off on a trans-Pacific drug run, er, romantic voyage - nothing about that sounds impulsive and less than thought out.

An excellent hypothesis of the timeline by Jimmy.

Quint from Jaws.

A warning (it should really be boilerplate by now in all PR threads) to not wake the Kracken.

Not to mention a Beach Boys soundtrack.

[PNWbrit]

We're okay for now. The kraken usually surfaces in the shit that annoys you thread first. Keep a man in the bow on watch though.

She can’t go down with three barrels on her, not with three she can’t!

[The AD]

the dogs seemed nice

They're good dogs, Brent.