# Another inexperienced couple sinks their boat.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657 "2018-02-12T00:39:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657/81 "2022-09-06T17:49:24Z")

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UPDATE

A story from a year later chronicles their attempt to live on the second boat. It didn’t go all that well but at least the replacement boat didn’t sink. They parked the boat and bought a van. That apparently didn’t work out either so, “We moved into an apartment last month,” she said, “and it really changed my life.”

Ooooo Kay. I wonder how they fared through the Covid?

> **[What happened to the couple whose boat sank near John's Pass? They set off on...](https://www.tampabay.com/pinellas/what-happened-to-the-couple-whose-boat-sank-near-johns-pass-theyre-off-on-another-adventure-20190218/)**
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> They moved into a van and then an apartment but are still pursuing a life of adventure — and still philosophical as they work through the breakdowns and other challenges that life continues to bring.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657/82 "2022-09-06T18:13:25Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> [Couple sells all possessions for sailboat, sinks 2 days into trip](http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/02/11/couple-sells-all-possessions-for-sailboat-sinks-2-days-into-trip.html)

I hate to be the cynic here but with a line like _"Nikki Walsh, 24, and boyfriend Tanner Broadwell, 26, decided nearly a year ago that they were tired of working._" and the sources being Fox and the NY Post, I have grave doubts- not about the basic story mind you, but about some of the details.

In general, living on a boat is _more_ expensive.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657/83 "2022-09-06T19:29:27Z")

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From the article - “They’re hiking abandoned mines in Breckenridge, Colo.” The abandoned mines in Breckenridge are all but sealed up for safeties sake. But something tells me they will find one… Might read about them in the local paper.

Next up, SCUBA diving - “How hard can it be? You just swim under water and breath through this thing. Right?”

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