I do like the concept of building an outrigger from a picnic table, although I’m guessing that makes for too high center of gravity. But the only thing I know about boats is that they are supposed to float. Maybe someone else can comment.
Called it. High COG, ALL of the load is above it and unevenly distributed. No surprises to anybody that has tried to get into a kayak or a canoe. Or a small boat.
Somehow the ladies missed the concept that buoyancy and weight distribution are inherently linked, especially on small vessel that wasn't really meant to be a boat or a raft in the first place.
Oh for the good ole days when boating meant a bucket full of minnows, an ice chest full of beer, a quiet cove on the lake and fishing with my Dad (and one of our friends or relatives who owned a boat.)
Of course, the idiots out there couldn't stand anybody having a good time, and through their tremendous sacrifice by drowning, and otherwise becoming statistics, they were able to induce the authoritarian killjoys in government to ban the alcohol part, ruining it for everybody.
I do like the concept of building an outrigger from a picnic table, although I’m guessing that makes for too high center of gravity. But the only thing I know about boats is that they are supposed to float. Maybe someone else can comment.
ReplyDeleteCalled it.
DeleteHigh COG, ALL of the load is above it and unevenly distributed. No surprises to anybody that has tried to get into a kayak or a canoe. Or a small boat.
All joking aside, boating can be suddenly dangerous and drunks are dangerous on the water.
ReplyDeleteToo true. I've been called out to recover too many alcohol-involved drownings that were tragically avoidable.
DeleteDrunk is a dangerous state always.
DeleteQ.: Speaking of drunks on the water, what kind of wood doesn't float?
DeleteA.: Natalie Wood
And if it floats it's a boat.
ReplyDeleteToo often it's a menace to navigation.
DeleteI think the one that stayed on's name is "Rose."
ReplyDeleteThe location of the video will forevermore be knows as The Bay of Pigs.
ReplyDeleteFunny that the "last straw" was the only "survivor".
ReplyDeleteSomehow the ladies missed the concept that buoyancy and weight distribution are inherently linked, especially on small vessel that wasn't really meant to be a boat or a raft in the first place.
ReplyDeleteNemo
Boat stands for Bring Out Another Thousand.
ReplyDeleteOr as my dear ol' dad would say..." A boat is a big hole in the water that you throw money into.
2 out of 3 of the holy trinity in one short video: If it flies,floats, or fornicates, rent it.
ReplyDeleteOf course boating and alcohol mix, as hundreds and thousands of accident reports document.
ReplyDeleteWhat doesn't mix is boating and alcohol and common sense.
Oh for the good ole days when boating meant a bucket full of minnows, an ice chest full of beer, a quiet cove on the lake and fishing with my Dad (and one of our friends or relatives who owned a boat.)
ReplyDeleteOf course, the idiots out there couldn't stand anybody having a good time, and through their tremendous sacrifice by drowning, and otherwise becoming statistics, they were able to induce the authoritarian killjoys in government to ban the alcohol part, ruining it for everybody.
Dumb women, blondes in hiding.
ReplyDeleteRedneckism at it's finest. The alcohol is lubricant for the entertainment process...
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