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(Some Guy)		Man who lost rowboat off the Massachusetts coast surprised when Spain calls asking when he'll swing by to come pick it up (newyork.cbslocal.com)		44
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notmtwain

2012-01-27 11:12:29 AM

Let me get your drift...

Seacop

2012-01-27 12:35:27 PM

rowboat?

Jerkwater

2012-01-27 12:35:41 PM

Seacop: rowboat?

otto the bull

2012-01-27 12:35:42 PM

There was an old man from Nantucket, who lost his boat and said f*ck it...

Zotfripper

2012-01-27 12:37:04 PM

Jerkwater: Seacop: rowboat?

Mayostard

2012-01-27 12:37:39 PM

26ft center console is a rowboat?

Summer Glau's Love Slave

2012-01-27 12:39:01 PM

Kinda big for a rowboat.

/Just sayin'
//Interesting story though.

GORDON

2012-01-27 12:45:56 PM

Man I wouldn't want to row that.

washington-babylon

2012-01-27 12:46:42 PM

notmtwain: Let me get your drift...

Both of the guys in the article should have played the lottery. the odds of what happened to them are unbelievable.

ultraholland

2012-01-27 12:47:09 PM

"Everything had to go our way. It was a miracle."

Swimming is not a miracle. If they had been magically lifted out of the water and placed back in the boat I'd consider that something special.

Charles U. Farkley

2012-01-27 12:48:15 PM

This guy just felt bad about the US taking the Amistad from the Spanish, and thought he would offer up his own boat in reparation...

keylock71

2012-01-27 12:51:43 PM

Back in the old days, it would have been a ghost ship...

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah

2012-01-27 12:53:50 PM

I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

Barricaded Gunman

2012-01-27 12:54:13 PM

Anyone else creeped out by the vision of this empty boat adrift for more than 3 years on the open sea?

darkscout

2012-01-27 12:55:01 PM

Jerkwater: Seacop: rowboat?

It's for Andre the Giant's doppelgänger.

sethstorm

2012-01-27 12:55:40 PM

Mayostard: 26ft center console is a rowboat?

In the middle of the ocean it might as well be.

wolf_in_cheapclothing

2012-01-27 12:55:42 PM

This is not a bookmark in case pictures of the little man in the boat surface.

darkscout

2012-01-27 12:56:02 PM

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah: I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

The company that made that boat needs to buy it and turn it into an advertising campaign.

HopScotchNSoda

2012-01-27 12:56:57 PM

keylock71: Back in the old days, it would have been a ghost ship...

Only if the Daleks show up and scare the crew & passengers into jumping overboard.
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Lone Stranger

2012-01-27 01:02:40 PM

Row , row , row your boat
All the way to Spain.
Takes 3 years, and all you'll hear,
Is God my arms in pain!

Jon iz teh kewl

2012-01-27 01:07:29 PM

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Lt. Cheese Weasel

2012-01-27 01:07:58 PM

Ocean currents, how do they work?jpg

iroll

2012-01-27 01:12:18 PM

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah: I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

It's a Regulator 26'.

http://regulatormarine.com/26c.html

ha-ha-guy

2012-01-27 01:13:45 PM

The manufacturers of that boat should buy it up for advertising purposes. I realize its a freak roll of the device for it make it that far, but still good job.

Zotfripper

2012-01-27 01:15:02 PM

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah: I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

Probably a Boston Whaler. Just a guess.

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah

2012-01-27 01:15:48 PM

darkscout: Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah: I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

The company that made that boat needs to buy it and turn it into an advertising campaign.

Seems like they are already on their way. Take a look at the home page to the link provided by iroll

Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah

2012-01-27 01:21:12 PM

Sweet boat, but a little too pricey for me. Will stay with my Aquasport 250CCP.

drb9

2012-01-27 01:25:22 PM

Zotfripper: Spaghetti Eatin' Goombah: I want to know what brand of boat that is, cuz I'm going out and getting one.

Probably a Boston Whaler. Just a guess.

What would be the point? Three and a half years later, you would probably not just be rusty and covered in barnacles.

Langdon Alger

2012-01-27 01:29:37 PM

Event Horizon?

EleventyOne

2012-01-27 01:30:25 PM

yea it's also been stripped, note the lack of engine, hatches and anything else they could unbolt.

MBooda

2012-01-27 01:33:50 PM

Zotfripper: Jerkwater: Seacop: rowboat?

toyboat

dotvincent

2012-01-27 01:45:58 PM

Zotfripper: Jerkwater: Seacop: rowboat?

Well, now it is.

dready zim

2012-01-27 01:51:33 PM

FTA ""How often does anybody get three incredibly, unbelievable stories all of which are a miracle happening within one story? That just doesn't happen." Douglas said"

It`s almost like a miracle.

Hongcouver

2012-01-27 01:57:13 PM

So what? I have a 21ft boat that was built in Spain and made it all the way to the PacNW.

/in a shipping container

pete1729

2012-01-27 02:09:26 PM

Barricaded Gunman: Anyone else creeped out by the vision of this empty boat adrift for more than 3 years on the open sea?

Not so much creeped out as charmed. I'm sure birds landed on it and were happy to have a place to rest.

stonicus

2012-01-27 02:14:46 PM

If he lost his ownership of it after the insurance paid out, wouldn't it belong to the insurance company, and not Spain? Although, I do believe the rule of Finders Keepers might come into play here.

Cerebral Knievel

2012-01-27 02:24:38 PM

stonicus: If he lost his ownership of it after the insurance paid out, wouldn't it belong to the insurance company, and not Spain? Although, I do believe the rule of Finders Keepers might come into play here.

Presumably,, but I think there are also salvage rights at play here as well.

gewehrpatrone

2012-01-27 02:52:10 PM

Last I knew if you find it beyond territorial waters abandoned and throw a rope on it it`s yours....

Barricaded Gunman

2012-01-27 04:51:17 PM

pete1729: Not so much creeped out as charmed. I'm sure birds landed on it and were happy to have a place to rest.

Thanks, Pete. I feel better about this now.

jbrooks544

2012-01-27 06:37:46 PM

A 26-foot Regulator is pretty far from being a rowboat. It is a pretty serious boat. Also, it was kind of a miracle that the only thing that was ejected within reach of a heart patient was a floatation device. It is also a near miracle to be in the water, off that part of Nantucket, in 6' plus waves and survive.

Kyle Butler

2012-01-27 08:07:09 PM

This boat deserves a song
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Larva Lump

2012-01-27 09:34:07 PM

Lone Stranger

Row , row , row your boat
All the way to Spain.
Takes 3 years, and all you'll hear,
Is God my arms in pain! home.earthlink.net

/* Still, amusing. */

cjs

2012-01-28 12:58:06 AM

otto the bull: There was an old man from Nantucket, who lost his boat and said f*ck it...

It drifted around, in Spain it was found
When asked what to do, he said, "Chuck it."

myinternetname

2012-01-28 10:49:58 AM

Why was the Family Guy music playing in my head while I read the article?

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