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ghost prindle spotted!!!
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Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 09:09 PM
this boat was shoved off shore by vandals and has been spotted along the shipping lanes near virginia beach...the owner reported it to the coast guard and reports have been coming in...this pic taken by a maersk liner in passing...THE HULL-FLYING DUTCHMAN LIVES!!!
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Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 07:16 AM
sad
I had a friend's cat pushed into the bay (it was on the beach, on wheels). we found it floating (wheels still under it) about 3 miles south.
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Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 08:34 AM
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Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 06:53 PM
todays ghost pic... 30 miles off virginia beach...
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Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 10:19 PM
SOMEBODY SAVE IT!!!
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 01:48 PM
Too bad somebody passing by can't drop a GPS beacon on it or something. I doubt it's going to sink any time soon, The mast is obviously pretty well sealed and the air in the hull isn't going anywhere unless something flips it the the other way around.
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 06:38 PM
if i had a decent boat and lived near virginia beach i'd be out looking for it!
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 07:22 PM
i would love to hunt it down with another beachcat!!!...bring another main sail...some more plugs...mayby some more port covers...a good hand pump...extra floation...beer, ice, beer, more ice...you know!!! RESCUE MISSION---LIVE ACTION!!!
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 08:14 PM
thats sucks some one would do that. how long has it been drifting?
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 08:38 PM
900 dollar boat, no sails, 30 miles off shore!? Unless the current or winds bring her back in, she's headed for DJ's locker.
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Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 11:05 PM
The owner I think has written it off and is looking for another. He may have sightings but no resources to retrieve her.
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Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 12:29 PM
Looks like she's listing a bit
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Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 02:52 PM
She'll float like that until someone hits her and crushes the hulls.
That is a shame. I hope no one gets hurt.
30 miles out is a lot of ocean, and that's barely six feet of hull out of the water.
Hard to see from sea level.
A powerboat with a flying bridge might be able to find it. At ten feet in the air, with a pair of binoculars, they should be able to scan a five mile radius in clear weather.
Edited by klozhald on Aug 08, 2012 - 01:52 PM.
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Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 10:05 PM
where are you getting these updated pictures?
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Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 10:07 PM
Round up the crew!
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Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 11:30 AM
A fleet of five beachcats in formation and with radio contact could search a 10 mile swath. Might be a viable solution if the weather is good and they have a support stinkboat.
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Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 12:54 PM
This was originally posted to the Prindle facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/173120656090532/
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Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 01:43 PM
it just appeals to my sense of adventure...sure you can get another boat real cheap...but this would be fun, and the stroies we could tell...beers on the beach after the rescue would taste extra good!
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hattiesburg, mississippi
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Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 01:52 PM
This would make one helluva good story. I wish I was close enough to participate!
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Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 02:35 PM
30 miles/6mph = 5 hour tow back in. @ seatow prices that is like..... $2500 + time it takes to locate it
think it would sink if someone put a few bullet holes in the bows?
