CIVID Boating

69fastback

J3ff said:

Florida continues to say hold my beer... I've posted some pictures from this place, but have not been there in a while... this is what the sand bar looked like today..

Well they did have to shut down bars. 

https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2020/06/florida-is-shutting-down-bars-again-because-of-covid-19

raybo3

rasbury said:

I wondered about that but then my spelling....no room to talk!

LOL I thought the same thing when this thread was first posted. I was going to change it and then decided that I would wait to see if anyone else would mention it. LMFAO

Ian

I saw it ages ago and didn’t bother to comment. Usually I hunt and kill spelling and grammar but not here.

Except for @rasbury and his bielge issues , those I couldn’t let pass by.

rasbury

Dam you @icoultha! I was hoping that was going to slide by!

@J3ff that does not look good...they will be closing down the ramps again....

PickleRick

Im glad i already squeezed in my summer vacation.

J3ff

Ready for this dust thing to go away.... these are color photos, taken somewhere around 6pm yesterday... 

Willhound

Cool pics @J3ff . Ash, or the Saharan dust? Just think of all the camel dung you're sucking in....

J3ff

Willhound said:

Cool pics @J3ff . Ash, or the Saharan dust? Just think of all the camel dung you're sucking in....

Ah yes, Dust not ash, fixed it. And yeah... Was wondering what all of this dust is made of!! Blue sky seems to be gone.. even right now it looks like a black and white movie in the sky.

69fastback

I’m glad it moved onto you guys. We were tired of it here 😁

Willhound

Just saw on the weather that it's supposed to hit again in a couple of days.

Dream_Inn

raybo3 said:

rasbury said:

I wondered about that but then my spelling....no room to talk!

LOL I thought the same thing when this thread was first posted. I was going to change it and then decided that I would wait to see if anyone else would mention it. LMFAO

Same here, I wanted to change it but held off till someone spoke up!👍

Willhound

I think we all knew what he meant. And on the bright side, it could be a combination of Civil and Covid? Making the best of a bad situation?

PickleRick

Civil disobedience and covid 19 are a huge part of 2020 American cuture.

Pat310

Some people just don’t understand the repercussions of their actions, hopefully signs like this will send home the message:

J3ff

Good old Florida, we aren't too smart here... took the jetski for a ride... 100's of people here... we also just broke another record for infections. Zoom in.. 

halifax212

They are going for the Herd Immunity angle I think

PickleRick

They are wearing face masks while drinking, smoking, possibly doing illegal drugs and 100% for sure having unprotected sex with standards

PickleRick

Strangers

aero3113

These people were just spreading it if anyone was infected. They were doing funnels through the noodle float and passing it around!

Willhound

  

J3ff

Just can't believe people are so resistant to hanging out 6 feet apart. I saw a few photos from the Sandbar yesterday.. it was packed beyond belief!!!

trip_n

even on table rock  = 8-10-12 boats rafted = some know each other-some are friends -some just getting high = summertime ways
they just dont get it = or will they

PickleRick

You can't fix stupid.  

LaRea

We anchored solo for fireworks instead of the usual huge raftup.  it was refreshing.

rasbury

We stopped at a place on the river where boats pull over to swim and party a bit....there were small groups of people and I would say everyone pretty much kept to them selves...some were larger groups so I assume those are the next round of covid spreaders for Fl but others like us just kept to ourselves, enjoyed the water and some food and then moved on...I don't know a lot of people anyway so social distancing for the most part not an issue!

J3ff

Took the ski out for a ride, these guys were crowding a bit, but think they are safe.  

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eMYiR3CK3Q4MTLRE8

On a side note I'm getting really good at fixing things on these various water craft, noticed the footwell was filling up with water with no visible source... looking closer a water hose was about to fall off due to a busted clamp...this must be why all connections on the boat have two when under the water line.. one zip tie and good as new again, made a bee line for some mangroves that seemed to have sand, fixed in 5 mins, hopefully there were no critters in the water that'll result in some crazy rash that no one has seen in years (seems like everything here is just trying to hurt you).. will have to fix tomorrow after a wash down.. makes one wonder how many more in there are ready to go.. 

davidbrooks

Looks like Karen's folks got a boat. This woman is going to blow a gasket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30g4JsLoPU

J3ff

davidbrooks said:

Looks like Karen's folks got a boat. This woman is going to blow a gasket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30g4JsLoPU

So the real story with that is that this guy is claiming he needed to drop off passengers and they were going to help him get into his own slip. 

The truth couldn't be more opposite. This is your typical group of "I do what I want" people. It's not his slip, you are NOT supposed to be having parties during this time, it was during lockdown AND he is clearly tied up being loud and obnoxious. 

See it all the time and he's in the wrong. She blew up for sure, but the dude is not innocent. 

Handymans342

Don’t worry @Dream_Inn and @LaRea, @davidbrooks, Handy will be up there soon to save the day. LOL

J3ff

Are you doing some land boating over there?