# Isolation and its effect on sanity **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [April 9, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946 "2020-04-09T19:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/1 "2020-04-09T19:35:40Z")
Take the world’s current woes and imagine their exponential development, a term everyone understands nowadays. The situation makes Mad Max look like a church picnic. Pestilence is rampant, sea levels are still rising, there’s an exodus of people escaping flooded coastal areas and heading for the hills. Jacked up four wheel drive trucks are at a premium. It’s hot as hell, everyone’s on edge and tempers are flaring; the Rockies are getting crowded and people are protecting their turf with firearms. A roll of toilet paper is trading for an ounce of gold. Landlubbers have no choice but to fight for space on higher ground but as a mariner you have an out. You can save yourself and your loved ones. This is my choice of bug out vehicle: ![16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/b/bff93e4e4369d4e4dccab018ad28c08a75687b65.jpg) I showed you mine, you show me yours. ---
**Author:** ![Hogsnort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@Hogsnort](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hogsnort)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/2 "2020-04-09T19:39:29Z")
Some wag posted an ad " jumbo pack of toilet rolls, swap for 3 bedroom home. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/3 "2020-04-09T20:10:56Z")
wag? ---
**Author:** ![DamnYankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/damnyankee/32/514_2.png) [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/4 "2020-04-09T22:40:42Z")
See also, wanker ---
**Author:** ![SeaEagle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/seaeagle/32/17788_2.png) [@SeaEagle](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/SeaEagle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/5 "2020-04-09T22:43:51Z")
LMAO Lee Shore, need a chuckle/break from all the doom forecasters. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/6 "2020-04-10T00:18:34Z")
Just been offered a job bringing a private yacht up from Stuart FL to the outer banks in early May. I’m thinking that may be too early but we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Sand\_Pebble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sand\_Pebble](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Sand_Pebble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/7 "2020-04-10T03:03:46Z")
> [@Lee\_Shore](#): > > I showed you mine, you show me yours. I’m sorry to tell you but you won’t make it 10 minutes after the apocalypse starts on that boat. You’ll need a big gun on the bow & cannons sticking out the port holes. Look at my boat below as an example. A 50 cal mounted on the bow reduces the amount of rules of the road disagreements & needless channel 16 chatter. Even the seagulls will steer clear after a few of their buddies explode. ![images.jpeg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/2/20014bb29ebca3d5ffb946f11afa45c2c4bed890.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/8 "2020-04-10T04:30:15Z")
Why not a 5"/30 cal? You’d be by the head a bit but security has its price. ---
**Author:** ![Sand\_Pebble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sand\_Pebble](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Sand_Pebble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/9 "2020-04-10T04:57:34Z")
I considered a flame thrower but it would probably play hell on the gloss coat. I think its important to still look classy during the apocalypse. ![unnamed](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/b/b20e8575a16695c0641e5ba2e2375e19684994c1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/10 "2020-04-10T11:24:08Z")
Classy enough? ![20190901_064927](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/c/c9180723ca5dcd514ea3c7e0ff68e2ac1a1fe96b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CoastalTrader](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/coastaltrader/32/71776_2.png) [@CoastalTrader](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CoastalTrader)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/11 "2020-04-10T12:04:50Z")
It’s pretty enough, but seems to lack firepower 8-^) ---
**Author:** ![dry\_fly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dry_fly/32/6570_2.png) [@dry\_fly](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dry_fly)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/12 "2020-04-10T14:25:15Z")
Has a vague relationship to Hemingway’s _Pilar_. He had Thompson smg’s and grenades for his Q boat conversion before he went to Europe for D Day. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/13 "2020-04-10T14:36:57Z")
Those fenders aren’t being used to their full potential. I guess that’s one way to make sure they don’t get scuffed. ---
**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/14 "2020-04-10T15:22:32Z")
The fenders are exactly the right height for fending off narrow boats in locks and they are plenty scuffed, just clean. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/15 "2020-04-10T15:54:14Z")
No experience travelling in canals. Didn’t know it got that close and personal. ---
**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/16 "2020-04-10T16:11:47Z")
Narrowboats are twenty tonnes or so of steel plate powered by around 30 hp. They don’t answer the helm at all unless the prop is pushing, and slowly if it is. And they can be strongly affected by bank effects in various important places. Many are hire boats, and the primary characteristic of all of them is being bloody strong. ---
**Author:** ![rustbucket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rustbucket/32/16902_2.png) [@rustbucket](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rustbucket)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/17 "2020-04-10T16:57:43Z")
This is a little off topic but there’s a mad lad who drove one of those barges up a river with _rapids_. > **[Wye Invader - The Impossible Journey?](https://www.wyeinvader.uk/)** > > A record of the 38m Dutch Barge Wye Invader up the River Wye in 1989, and back down again in 2012 Its the kind of cow boy stuff I’d expect to see on the Kuskokwim river. ---
**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/18 "2020-04-10T17:31:39Z")
It can get crowded and there are a lot of morons out there. ![Lock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/a/ae92435f41ce776c6eea85a4afd36de14112b85d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/19 "2020-04-10T19:18:30Z")
On my bucket list. That’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946/20 "2020-04-10T19:59:01Z")
Yep, all mine although I am supposed to be selling her this year. Fat chance at the moment. [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/isolation-and-its-effect-on-sanity/54946.md?page=2)