"So no one who went on the Florida spring break cruise is getting their deposit back?? It's not my fault that line got wrapped around the prop... I was the bartender, not the skipper!"
APRIL 16 UPDATE: Well, it turns out our source was apparently on the least-damaged boat of the four that made the trip. About all they did was clog up their head. However, according to our source (via his/her sources), the other three boats managed to:
--tear two trampolenes (cost: up to $2000 apiece)
--break a set of lazy jacks ($200 with labor)
--wrap fishing line around a prop, damaging the seal ($500-1000 repair)
--and burning up the starter and/or the transmission ($5000+ repair)
The latter sounds like it might require taking the engine out of the boat, which would likely result in someone else having their charter cancelled, leading to more costs. All in all, ten grand in damages--give or take a few general memberships. Now we can see why Risk Management wanted nothing to do with HSC's new FL cruises.
So, this year's spring break cruise, while not a total disaster like the 1993 cruise, was a moderate f--k up. Something of a Grundl, ya might say.
APRIL 25 UPDATE: Couldn't stand to look at Grundl in natural color anymore, so now he's fixed!
