Quite Possibly the Stupidest Man Ever to Put to Sea

[Negative Creep]

A prime candidate for the Darwin Awards methinks

A dopey sailor who thought he was cruising round the UK turned out to be circling the Isle of Sheppey - and didn't realise until he ran out of fuel.

A lifeboat was called to rescue the intrepid helmsman after his engine wound down off the Elmley Marshes.

It had taken him a day and a half to get there from Gillingham - a matter of a few miles away.

In addition to his tour of the 8-mile-wide island, the man, who has not been named, had also made a series of other unfortunate decisions.

Firstly, he bought the motor cruiser online, and it only had a 20-litre fuel tank and a 20 horse power engine - not designed for sea use.

He also had taken the "wrong" turn on the road map he was using.

And he had no provisions onboard.

The man was making his way to Southampton alone - with no navigation equipment.

Finally, he thought that because he could drive in his car to Southampton using a single tank of fuel, he only needed one tank of fuel for the vessel and he had a VHF radio, but did not know how to use it.

Do you know who the sailor is? E-mail us at [email protected] to let us know.

Lifeboat volunteer Tom Ware said: "Because he had no chart and he didn't even know what navigational charts were, his general principle was to keep the land on his right, except he didn't realise Sheppey was an Island.

"It took him a day and a half to get from Gillingham to where he ran out of fuel."

Coastguards, who met the man at Queenborough, advised him that engine sizes and therefore fuel consumption differs and the coast route was longer than the road distance in any case.

Coastguard Ian Goodwin said: "We passed on relevant safety advice and advised him that the best way to Southampton would be by train.

"However, he said he would get some fuel and get underway but asked us if he went left or right when he came out of the Swale."

It is unknown whether the man made it back to Southampton.

Man sails round Isle of Sheppey - thinking it was the UK

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Maestro]

Dumbass...

 

[Wildcat]

 

[lesofprimus]

Severe dumbass.....

 

[Njaco]

oh my frickin.....what a moron.

 

[ToughOmbre]

Never underestimate the stupidity of the human race!

TO

 

[RabidAlien]

Wow. I'm....I mean....yeah. Wow.

 

[Gnomey]

What a moron.

 

[imalko]

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

So pathetic.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Something tells me that he won't be able to pick up any women with this story.

 

[Wayne Little]

Agree with ALL of the Above...

 

[Maestro]

Something tells me that he won't be able to pick up any women with this story.

You could be surprised...

During it's annual casting for it's calendar, CHOI-FM asks a serie of questions to every "wanna-be models". The best (or worst, depending on your point of view) quotes are then broadcasted every now and then for the whole advertising period. Some of what I heard is rather scary... Here are a few quotes that I remember from the top of my head.

Host : "Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada ?"
Contestant : "Jack Layton."

(For the non-Canadians, Jack Layton is the leader of the NDP, a socialist party and never took power yet.)

Host : "How many peoples are currently living in the province of Québec ?"
Contestant : "7,000,000,000."

Host : "Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada ?"
Contestant : "Jean Chrétien."

(For the non-Canadians, Jean Chrétien was Canada's Prime Minister until 2002/2003. He retired after a corruption affair had been uncovered by the Conservative Party... That question was actually asked two years ago.)

Host : "How many countries are there in Africa ?"
Contestant : "Isn't Africa actually a country on its own ?"

Note : Because of this forum being a family-friendly place, I intentionally left out some "more crunshy" quotes. Even one of a story involving a (beep) with a bunch of hockey players.