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#1 Dec 03 2013 at 11:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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Guy says he just wanted to take the ferry across the bay.

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Then the 132-foot, high-speed catamaran moved farther into the bay and traveled in circles.

“He did not have control of the steering,’’ Jacoby said. “There is a joy stick and he thought it was like an Xbox.’’

While the boat thief drove in circles, law enforcement was closing in. The Coast Guard hooked a tug boat to the boat. Seattle police approached the boat, and a hostage negotiator tossed McDonough a cellphone to begin a conversation.

A SWAT team was sent in after negotiations faltered. McDonough was arrested without incident.


Call me crazy, but if you're going to steal a boat, you'd think you'd want to know how to drive one first. Or perhaps we should ask how you're going to get away with it in the first place. I mean out in the middle of a bay in front of a major city isn't exactly the best place to hide something. I'll just hope it was drugs in his system or something, it's scary to think people may have that bad of judgement while sober. Smiley: oyvey
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#2 Dec 03 2013 at 11:27 AM Rating: Excellent
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One of my co-workers got to drive a certain superferry once in a certain state during a certain IT meeting. He should have called her and asked for instructions!
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#3 Dec 03 2013 at 11:33 AM Rating: Excellent
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I think the catamaran manufacturer is culpable for installing a joystick that doesn't work like a joystick.

I like the title that the newpaper article gives the guy though;
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Samuel K. McDonough, a 33-year-old registered sex offender




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#4 Dec 03 2013 at 11:33 AM Rating: Excellent
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He was just trying to start boat nascar.
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#5 Dec 03 2013 at 11:54 AM Rating: Excellent
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How do "negotiations falter"? I mean, obviously it's because the guy taking the boat didn't say "Yeah, I give up. sorry, my bad" but what are you holding out for? You're not exactly holding all the cards at this point.
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#6 Dec 03 2013 at 11:56 AM Rating: Good
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I don't think he was holding any cards given he stole a boat he couldn't drive...
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#7 Dec 03 2013 at 12:14 PM Rating: Excellent
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Well maybe he could have used the restroom without washing his hands, or discharged the fire extinguishers out of spite or something. Gotta be creative.
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#8 Dec 03 2013 at 12:28 PM Rating: Good
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He was just trying to start boat nascar.
I don't think the south has enough water to make Nasboat a success.
#9 Dec 03 2013 at 12:31 PM Rating: Excellent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
He was just trying to start boat nascar.
I don't think the south has enough water to make Nasboat a success.
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#10 Dec 03 2013 at 12:37 PM Rating: Good
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Dragracing is a different thing entirely though, you want the boats to go in circles in a large group so here's lots of crashes ad accidents.
#11 Dec 03 2013 at 12:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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I'm sure they'll find a way to crash. If not you can always have a demo derby with them afterwards.
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#12 Dec 03 2013 at 3:26 PM Rating: Excellent
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Jophiel wrote:
How do "negotiations falter"? I mean, obviously it's because the guy taking the boat didn't say "Yeah, I give up. sorry, my bad" but what are you holding out for? You're not exactly holding all the cards at this point.

SWAT:"OK, we'll let you go, but you have to swim to shore across this busy shark infested shipping channel (what? 1 shark can be an infestation. Salmon sharks have a very nasty nibble!)" bad guy: "Can i at least take a life vest?" SWAT: "No! Get em! SWAT SWAT SWAT <Swatted>" bad guy: "ow!"
Probably something like that.

Seattle is world boat nascar capital:
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#13 Dec 03 2013 at 3:33 PM Rating: Excellent
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#14 Dec 03 2013 at 8:40 PM Rating: Good
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I don't know, knowing the poh-lice and their toys, I rather think the negotiations went more like this:

SWAT: OK, we have you surrounded, shut down the engines and give up.
DUMB GUY: You have me surrounded? I'm going in circles! Of course you have me surrounded!
SWAT: One more time, shut down the engines and give up or we board you.
DUMB GUY: Yeah, I give up, but I don't know how to drive this thing and I have no idea how to shut the engines off.
SWAT: This is the last time - shut down the engines and give up!
DUMB GUY: I said I give up! I'm going in circles! Do you really think I know how to shut off the engines if I don't know how to drive this thing? Is it even called driving?
SWAT: That's it. You refuse to give up so we're coming for you. Oh, the Coast Guard says they have to fire a round across the bow. Regulations and all.
DUMB GUY: WHAT!??!!! I'M GOING IN CIRCLES!!! IF THEY SHOOT THEY'RE GOING TO SINK THE FERRY!!!
SWAT: Oh yeah, then we won't be able to board you. Hold on . . . OK, sorry, but Coast Guard says they loaded the gun already and now they have to shoot it.

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#15 Dec 04 2013 at 1:14 AM Rating: Decent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Dragracing is a different thing entirely though, you want the boats to go in circles in a large group so here's lots of crashes ad accidents.




No large groups, but there are lots of circles and crashing.

Edited, Dec 4th 2013 2:15am by Turin
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