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Post by Jim on Jul 17, 2017 15:26:20 GMT
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Post by patty on Jul 17, 2017 15:57:38 GMT
Well I know the press are notorious for getting stuff not quite right but what I read from the report is she rented her boat out to make some money to a man who had little knowledge..he was seen bailing out then it sank......
questions bubble through my mind really as it all seems not quite right.... Why the weed hatch open?..who opened it and left it open?...did she ensure he knew in's and outs of boat..an article like this raises so many questions...I guess I'm just so nosey I want all the facts. Its easy I suppose when your desperate for more cash to do something you wouldn't normally consider. I hope all sorts ok.
Must be awful to lose your boat like this.
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Post by Jim on Jul 17, 2017 16:04:52 GMT
It appears that she only had 3rd party insurance, was renting it out on airbnb, if she didn't have a hire boat licence or accompanying bsc, any insurance would have been invalid. She moved into her bf's boat when it was hired out, so she isn't homeless. Aiming for 30k on crowdfunding site. I'd say she's a chancer, if all the above is true.
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Post by Saltysplash on Jul 17, 2017 19:22:45 GMT
saw this on london boaters where she herself made the plea. Didnt get much sympathy when the truth was out and rightly so.
IMO the lodger should sue her
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Post by Jim on Jul 19, 2017 10:00:13 GMT
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 19, 2017 10:42:10 GMT
Temporary 3rd party insurance while some welding was carried out? It sounds like it was uninsured if she was relying on that!
I try and give people the benefit of the doubt but she sounds like a proper idiot. It would be a better lesson if crowd funding produced bugger all. She took a few gambles, lost, and now hopes others will pay for her glaringly obvious idiocy. Just my opinion, other opinions are available.
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Post by tonyqj on Jul 19, 2017 13:11:40 GMT
It would be a better lesson if crowd funding produced bugger all. I suspect that's precisely the amount that it will raise. My understanding is that if a crowdfunding project doesn't reach the claimed total then it achieves nothing. |
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 19, 2017 14:30:47 GMT
The articles are a bit vague as to who left the weed hatch open. If it was the numpty hirer, it's probably still her fault for not training him in the ways of boats. But, the original article quotes someone saying he offered assistance/tow, then numpty hirer sped off and immediately sank. Makes you wonder what numpty hirer was thinking. Maybe just embarrassment and hoped to sort it without anyone ever being the wiser.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 19, 2017 15:10:57 GMT
A modern sign of the times! Pay no attention to those little details like insurance, maintenance and the law, and when it all goes horribly wrong expect someone else to pay for it. The only strange thing is that some unrelated people do in fact pledge their hard earned money for such things!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 19, 2017 15:16:24 GMT
I'm thinking of setting up a crowdfunding page so I can give up work and just go permanently cruising, stopping off at pubs and getting pissed, does this sound like it has legs?
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Post by kris on Jul 19, 2017 15:19:19 GMT
I'm thinking of setting up a crowdfunding page so I can give up work and just go permanently cruising, stopping off at pubs and getting pissed, does this sound like it has legs? ill give you 10p |
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Post by Jim on Jul 19, 2017 15:24:55 GMT
I'm thinking of setting up a crowdfunding page so I can give up work and just go permanently cruising, stopping off at pubs and getting pissed, does this sound like it has legs? Yes, but decidedly wobbly, one step forwards two backwards Hic! |
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 19, 2017 15:26:37 GMT
Recently there was a similar thing on an aviation forum. A chap was flying around the world in a small plane. He crashed due to an engine failure somewhere in Japan, and injured himself. He had no travel or health insurance and so now a crowdfunding page has been set up so that we can all pay for his treatment.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 19, 2017 15:56:54 GMT
I'm thinking of setting up a crowdfunding page so I can give up work and just go permanently cruising, stopping off at pubs and getting pissed, does this sound like it has legs? ill give you 10p Well, if everyone in the UK gave me 10p then that would be six million quid and that would do nicely... |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 19, 2017 16:09:55 GMT
Well, if everyone in the UK gave me 10p then that would be six million quid and that would do nicely... But only kris likes you. Everybody else hates you. |
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