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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 11:57 AM UTC
65' Custom Built Motor yacht, staterooms, gps navigation, twin supercharged diesels, etc. = $2.5 million



Crane and Rigging complete with faulty turnbuckle = $2,500 per hour



Champagne and Strawberries, dockside, for the excited "soon to be owners" =$250.00



Watching your dreamboat nose dive into the harbor, accompanied by two corporate representatives just prior to "inking" the final paperwork........



Priceless.....................................



wildspear
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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 12:19 PM UTC
Gator.
Now thats darn funny!
redshirt
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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 02:59 PM UTC
That is one expensive picture!
Halfyank
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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 03:25 PM UTC
Oops. As a salesperson I can imagine that call back to the office. "Uh... boss?"
I wonder if the crane operator, or the poor slob who hooked up the hoisting cables, etc, have stopped running yet, or sobered up?


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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 04:47 PM UTC
That really is a great photo.
redshirt
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Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 06:22 PM UTC
I knew boats take a large depriation as soon as they hit the water.
Now I know why, it's obvious in this picture.
#027
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Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 04:32 AM UTC

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I knew boats take a large depriation as soon as they hit the water.
Now I know why, it's obvious in this picture.



blaster76
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Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 06:25 AM UTC
That is funny but I think the price may be a lot closer to 25 million as opposed to 2.5.

I 'm sure that one was recovered quickly and the cost of repairs wasn't pleasant, but I did see one the other day where the crane toppled onto the boat smahing it up real bad which probably cost a whole heck of a lot more.

Still, this one garners: and
Littorio
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Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 10:58 PM UTC
Opps and I think much egg on their faces.

Ciao
Luciano
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Posted: Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 12:44 AM UTC
I'll bet the dude on the back of the boat in the first picture had a load in his shorts after they pulled him from the water!
ehill015
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Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 04:44 AM UTC
i wish i had been there to see the "owners" faces, it might have been then then maybe, just maybe,

me:
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