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My old boat is calling me...

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by CTdave, May 27, 2011.

  1. CTdave, May 27, 2011
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    CTdave

    CTdave Senior Member

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    Wow!
    So, I sold my old 50 Bertram back in February to a Wall Streeter who said he was quitting & wanted to get into charter fishing out of Montauk.
    Anyway, withing a month of the closing, I heard something happend with the new owner & his big plan had to be side lined & the boat was back on the market.
    I walked by about three weeks ago & the poor old girl was a mess. I started thinking about running her home from Mobile Alabama & all the other fun trips & I felt sorry for the old Bert.
    Almost a week later, I heard that the FCC visited the marina because a vessel had been transmitting a "very strong signal on chanel 16 for several days".
    They found the vhf up on the tower had begin to transmit by itself.
    Help me daddy, help me.........
  2. YachtForums, May 27, 2011
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    YachtForums

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    As a hands-on, gimme somethin' tangible kind-a-guy, I tend to dismiss the super-natural. I know you spent time on the old Bert with your dad and unfortunately, lost him a while back. Call it coincidence or something else that would require a quantum leap in faith, but a VHF hailing for a week after you walk by sounds like something outa the Twilight Zone. Or maybe the boat is still pissed at you and it's been screaming ever since? :p