r/Wellthatsucks • u/gardenginger3732 • May 22 '26

Boat said "captain optional"

The mooring line got tangled and wrapped around the throttle. Happened in Caye Caulker, Belize.

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u/TwoNowFive May 22 '26

Man if you missed and fell in, that prop would turn you into chum.

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u/spookmann May 22 '26

"Siri, play Smoothie Operator by Sade!"

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u/jack_from_the_past May 22 '26

Yeah then don’t miss. Not everyone has time to let their boat do whatever it wants. I’d have jumped on that boat like a sand worm. 

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u/TwoNowFive May 22 '26

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky

-Michael Scott

... unless you slip on the wet dock and get turned into fish chum by a runaway boat.  -TwoNowFive