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"Hello, Jessica? Jerry Newman here. Can I combine my boat and house coverage???"
Posted by: Trent | May 10, 2012 at 07:57 AM
Plowing through rough seas ain't the only plowing this boat does. Sailing to Bermuda - Grass.
Posted by: Loudmouth | May 10, 2012 at 08:02 AM
In the boat owner's defense, those mooring fees are pretty high.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | May 10, 2012 at 08:24 AM
I thought of that too, Trent.
Hey, the guy has a Florida license so it's all good.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 10, 2012 at 08:47 AM
Hey, it is cheaper than adding a bedroom.
Posted by: EyeGore | May 10, 2012 at 08:58 AM
After "separating" from its tow truck ...
Those separations can be tough. Had the boat been drinking, by chance?
Posted by: Omniskeptic | May 10, 2012 at 09:42 AM
To be fair, boats with little bitty wheels like that are very difficult to steer at high speed.
Posted by: padraig the cheesehead | May 10, 2012 at 10:35 AM
The year was 1966 and my father and I were taking his boat to the lake for the summer.
Daddy said, "Keep an eye on the boat. I'm not sure I got the hitch on very well."
I turned just in time to see the boat taking off in a totally different direction.
It impaled itself on a fire hydrant, and I learned several new words from my father that day.
Oh, we also learned about "safety chains".
Posted by: Steve | May 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Hasn't anyone here ever seen a houseboat before?
Posted by: max | May 10, 2012 at 10:49 AM
max, it looks more like a boathouse to me.
Posted by: markhh | May 10, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Kind of an icon for my divorce...lost the house and the boat.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | May 10, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Not every home gets to take a bow.
Posted by: Ralph | May 10, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Ah, yes! Boats, dads and new words. I remember mine explaining to me the word meaning "someone with no father."
Posted by: mazar larry | May 10, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Defense budget cuts seem to have hit the navy the hardest.
Posted by: clankie | May 10, 2012 at 01:14 PM
well, its a boat, so i'm gonna say..... south dakota?
Posted by: queensbee | May 10, 2012 at 02:48 PM
Looks more like the Navy hit the house the hardest.
"I said port, dammit, port ..."
Posted by: Omniskeptic | May 10, 2012 at 02:53 PM
I apologize for the diversion, but I do have a semi-serious question. I went back and looked at the picture again, and I wonder why the boat rode up in the front like that, damaging the roof, instead of going straight on and essentially through the window?
I have no experience with boat-trailer-house dynamics, so maybe this is what you'd expect to happen.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | May 10, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Yes it is, the engines are where most of the weight is, and they work better in the stern (back) of boat. The center of mass is about 2/3rds of the way back when on the trailer (where the wheels are), and a trailer/boat combination would tend to go up.
Posted by: max | May 10, 2012 at 03:23 PM
True, max ... and even if the hitch wuz riding a bit low, it prolly hit that sidewalk and bounced ... thereby giving elevation to the prow and sinkage to the stern ... or sumthin' like that ...
I'm basing my guesses on prior personal experience with similar equipment ...
Posted by: O the Umanity | May 10, 2012 at 04:38 PM