Sailboat for 'End of the World' Getaway

[w1651]

Originally Posted by atoll

must be revenge for the conquistadores stealing all their gold.......

Has anyone considered that the reason the Myan Calender is incomplete is because it was a good place to take a lunch break.
So the guy goes to lunch meets a Boa constrictor and gets himself ehtt! Or maybe it was some other poisonous snake he offended dropping his loin cloth after lunch in the jungle. Either way maybe it was something completely different.

[NeptunesTrident]

Orr, his wives were complaining about all the time he wAs spending in the basement chiseling on that worthless rock, and made him go get a real job.

[osirissail]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

It's the Freemarket in the raw In an EOTW scenario the social niceties will kinda drop away in favour of a more pragmatic approach. Those who don't like that can complain to................?????. . .

- - you can complain to . . . Smith & Wesson!
- - If anybody thinks stealing another person's boat is funny, think about what it might cost you personally.
- - Not to mention the owner's family that needs that vessel for their own survival. Is it funny to lead the charge back to anarchy?

[atoll]

"YOU'RE THROWING WELL,WHEN YOU'RE THROWING SHELL".............

[zeehag]

mayan calendar is incomplete because the guy went sailing in a formosa that someone tried to lighten the weight of.. they need to be heavy. lol

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by osirissail

- - you can complain to . . . Smith & Wesson!
- - If anybody thinks stealing another person's boat is funny, think about what it might cost you personally.
- - Not to mention the owner's family that needs that vessel for their own survival. Is it funny to lead the charge back to anarchy?

Not sure where the funny really comes from . There is what needs to be done for me and mine. and there be others with the same idea(s). Like most activities in life there is often a funny side ....whether intended or not

Obviously if someone is sitting on deck with a machine gun I won't be stealing that boat. Not unless it is the only one in town, and I need it to exit Dodge - and in which case I would probably not be trying a head on assault (that's for folks backed by Govt level resources - private sector has always had to be more efficient ).......there are several "funny" ideas that would work - but they seem to be against the rules of CF to get into (definititions of funny can vary) ..........at least at the moment

[w1651]

Originally Posted by osirissail

- - you can complain to . . . Smith & Wesson!
- - If anybody thinks stealing another person's boat is funny, think about what it might cost you personally.
- - Not to mention the owner's family that needs that vessel for their own survival. Is it funny to lead the charge back to anarchy?

I was at the marina last night and the gates to the docks were open because no one closed them when they left. The gate to the outside was left standing open and anyone could have walked right in.
Maybe we are our own worst enemy sometimes. My suggestion is a reinforced companionway and grates over your hatches.

[senormechanico]

The shtf signs are really beginning to emerge quickly.
This "Wall Street" thing seems to be hitting critical mass.

[redcobra]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

The shtf signs are really beginning to emerge quickly.
This "Wall Street" thing seems to be hitting critical mass.

Yep. Time to get out the 3 cornered hat and the Musket.

[redcobra]

Originally Posted by osirissail

- - you can complain to . . . Smith & Wesson!
- - If anybody thinks stealing another person's boat is funny, think about what it might cost you personally.
- - Not to mention the owner's family that needs that vessel for their own survival. Is it funny to lead the charge back to anarchy?

Boat Guard #1, #2 and #3

[cburger]

Originally Posted by tomperanteau

I was more thinking along the lines of if the economy continues to spiral down and people become more motivated towards crime by the lack of jobs/income. This is far and aside from an end-of-world theory. There are several renowned economists that have predicted dire consequences to what the government has done to us. It would seem to be that having a boat as a safer place to be might be a good idea. Note that I said "safer" and not safe. There will always be those on the seas that want to take what you have, but at least you have taken a larger portion of the bad guys out of the equation.

As well as a clear field of fire.

[senormechanico]

Steve Jobs has passed.

It just goes to show that the path to wealth and innovation starts in your garage, not on the sidewalks outside of Wall Street.

[hpeer]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

The shtf signs are really beginning to emerge quickly.
This "Wall Street" thing seems to be hitting critical mass.

I was at Wall Street today and went through the protest a couple of times.

Mostly a bunch of young kids getting a lot of attention.

Pretty quiet for a protest, by my 1960's standards.