# Multiple boats sink at Trump boat parade on Lake Travis in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905 "2020-09-05T21:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/41 "2020-09-06T15:06:08Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’m sure any little kids who happened to onboard in a sinking boat just thinks the whole thing is a barrel of monkeys. Ehh… I wouldn’t put money on that. Sinking boat, choppy waters making it difficult to keep one’s head above the waves, other boats zipping by as mom and dad scream “Please help us!” I think it would be pretty terrifying for a child. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/42 "2020-09-06T15:08:23Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Ehh… I wouldn’t put money on that. Sinking boat, choppy waters making it difficult to keep one’s head above the waves, other boats zipping by as mom and dad scream “Please help us!” I think it would be pretty terrifying for a child. I was being sarcastic, it would be a horrifying experience for a kid. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/43 "2020-09-06T15:08:56Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > [@dalej42](#): > > > > I’m sure any little kids who happened to onboard in a sinking boat just thinks the whole thing is a barrel of monkeys. > > Ehh… I wouldn’t put money on that. Sinking boat, choppy waters making it difficult to keep one’s head above the waves, **other boats zipping by as mom and dad scream “Please help us!”** I think it would be pretty terrifying for a child. - Isn’t the GOP’s attitude towards social responsibility “sink or swim”? ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/44 "2020-09-06T15:10:55Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I was being sarcastic, it would be a horrifying experience for a kid. I see that now. Part of the problem is I read “car crash” as “car wash” and thought “Well, I suppose that wouldn’t be funny—because I don’t see the punch line in a car wash with Trump bumper stickers—so that certainly is a bland statement of fact you’ve made” and that confusion followed me right into the second statement. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/45 "2020-09-06T15:37:16Z")
Some while ago, there was [a thing about fundraising e-mails](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-army-fundraising-email/?utm_source=agorapulse&utm_campaign=ga&fbclid=IwAR3ZGY8swS5ZmAY4zu3i7DcpJr5CM-mnCqhhK833yDtgY8LhZozFtqtUenQ) touting Individual-ONE’s Army – no mention of his navy, though. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/46 "2020-09-06T15:43:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > we just need to keep the country of e-e-e-vil Joe Biden who’s sold out to the ~~commies~~ socialists I thought we were an autonomous collective ? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/47 "2020-09-06T15:46:47Z")
I’m confused. These are all boat owners, (even if ‘boaters’ only rarely). How can they NOT understand the basic physics of another boat’s wake? How is that even possible? Wouldn’t you basically figure it out, first outing in your new boat? Small children at camp, in canoes and small sailboats, get it right away. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/48 "2020-09-06T15:47:57Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > What am I missing? Most likely candidate: alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/49 "2020-09-06T15:48:25Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I thought we were an autonomous collective ? You’re fooling yourself. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/50 "2020-09-06T15:49:36Z")
That looked like a free for all, not a parade. What did they imagine would happen when you have 40ft cabin cruisers sharing the water with small boats and overloaded pontoons. The big boats racing around throwing out huge wakes and the small boats get tossed around and any overloaded boat could capsize. Add in lack of experience and it’s a situational fubar. Unrelated but seriously how’d they do that? [https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/08/pontoon-boat-on-torch-lake-flips-with-15-people-on-board.html](https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/08/pontoon-boat-on-torch-lake-flips-with-15-people-on-board.html) May I? I despise wake boats and they’re privileged riders, they’ve nearly ruined the all sports lake I live on. Kayaking, fishing or rowing is impossible when those selfish bastards are about. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/51 "2020-09-06T15:51:16Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Ehh… I wouldn’t put money on that. Sinking boat, choppy waters making it difficult to keep one’s head above the waves, other boats zipping by as mom and dad scream “Please help us!” I think it would be pretty terrifying for a child. They weren’t in danger of drowning _because_ of the water … they were in danger of drowing _while in_ the water – big difference! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/52 "2020-09-06T16:03:31Z")
> [@chela](#): > > That looked like a free for all, not a parade. What did they imagine would happen when you have 40ft cabin cruisers sharing the water with small boats and overloaded pontoons. The big boats racing around throwing out huge wakes and the small boats get tossed around and any overloaded boat could capsize. They’re Trump cultists. What would you expect? Intelligence, common-sense, and a spirit of community? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/53 "2020-09-06T16:13:21Z")
That crazy flotilla reminds me of the “let’s go out and get that shark!” scene from Jaws. The only thing missing was the chum. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/54 "2020-09-06T16:15:11Z")
The fact that the flotilla was made up of tRump supporters, and therefore had a grand total of 4 brain cells (and three teeth) between them? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/55 "2020-09-06T16:26:40Z")
Here in Ft. Lauderdale a few weekends ago we had a controversy where a hundred+ boat Trump rally showed up in one of the large basins. Despite existing mask mandates for boaters and group size limitations explicitly including people on boats, which substantially zero boats complied with, local law enforcement elected to simply hang out a quarter mile away and watch from a safe (for them) distance. There was no enforcement of life jacket or DWB laws either. Not a good look for our local cops or the state Fish & Wildlife service. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/56 "2020-09-06T16:50:44Z")
I looked up this lake on the map and the Hippie Hollow Park is right there on the lake. Does our poster Hippy Hollow still live around there? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/57 "2020-09-06T16:52:37Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > That crazy flotilla reminds me of the “let’s go out and get that shark!” scene from Jaws. The only thing missing was the chum. They fixed that little oversight with the first few swampings. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/58 "2020-09-06T16:55:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m surprised it took the lunatics this long. Just for giggles, I found an ‘article’ about this in one of the less sane corners of the internet and checked out the comments section. The narrative appears to be going like this. 1. One ship sinking might be a coincidence? But four? No way. 2. Of course we won’t jump to conclusions, because that’s what antifa and BLM does. 3. BUT IF IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE THEN THEY SHOULD BE STRUNG UP AND SHOT. 4. Someone should check the tapes in the marinas where the boats were stored for evidence of Dem sabotage! 5. OH YOU MEAN THE CAMERAS THAT WERE NO DOUBT ORDERED TURNED OFF BY LIBERAL TERRORIST MAYORS? 6. Good point. Will they stop at nothing to destroy this country? 7. It was in Austin, people. AUSTIN. AUSSSTINNNNNNNNNNNN. And so on. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/59 "2020-09-06T17:46:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Lake Travis? Certainly named after the slave-owning commander at the Alamo. One of my favorite bits of trivia is that, despite the fact that the defenders of the Alamo were supposedly fighting for the cause of liberty, the only two people who obtained freedom as a direct result of the battle were the slaves owned by Travis and Bowie. They survived and were liberated by the victorious Mexicans, who had abolished slavery (which was one of the causes of the Texan rebellion.) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905/60 "2020-09-06T18:09:59Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > It is comical that boats sunk, but they sunk because there were so many boats out there to support Trump that it created choppy conditions. I doubt if any Democratic president would have had the same kind of support. Put another way: They were fucking morons, but they were Trump supporting morons. I doubt any Democratic president has had the support of so many fucking morons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-on-lake-travis-in-texas/919905.md?page=4)