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Caption Contest(!)

December is here, and we’re excited to bring you another fun Caption Contest(!). Last month’s photo resulted in comments about everything from COVID to sushi to ZZ Top!

Give us your best shot ….

sailboat with two outboards on transom
Your caption here.
© 2020 Mark Bettis

Thanks to Coyote Point Marina’s harbormaster, Mark Bettis, for sending this photo of a boat that appeared in the marina last February.

40 Comments

  1. Ants Uiga 3 years ago

    It’s great to be ambidextrous!

  2. Phileta Riley 3 years ago

    When the going gets tough, get going!!!

  3. Bob Adams 3 years ago

    And the boat’s name is………..Redundant!

  4. Paul Kaplan 3 years ago

    “I’m sorry, I don’t hear all that well. Did you say I’ve got twin screws or I’ve got a screw loose?”

  5. Dale Land 3 years ago

    Triple Threat!

  6. Steve Costanzo 3 years ago

    So, who needs a bow thruster?!

  7. Robert Goldberg 3 years ago

    A sea scout: be prepared!

  8. Janie 3 years ago

    Sea Prius

  9. Dan B 3 years ago

    When I grow up I want to be a power boat ….

  10. Jim Adams 3 years ago

    If Lin and Larry Party did this to make it through the Panama Canal, I should be able to do it to get to the diesel mechanic and have my auxiliary rebuilt

  11. Cecile Schwedes 3 years ago

    S/V OPTIONS M/V

  12. Lewalso 3 years ago

    Also wears a belt and suspenders.

  13. Steve Shinn 3 years ago

    4-speed, dual quad, posi-traction, 409

  14. Capt Leasure 3 years ago

    Double Trouble!

  15. Jay Sorensen 3 years ago

    Now we just need a few tholes!

  16. Mark Simons 3 years ago

    Just in case one of my THREE motors goes out, I have a Sail!

  17. Robert Ward 3 years ago

    But will she step up and plane?

  18. Linda Newland 3 years ago

    Maybe I can reinvent myself as a fishing trawler.

  19. Jim Govert 3 years ago

    “Hey honey, I think I finally figured out how to fix the prop walk!”

  20. Al Fricke 3 years ago

    The little woman no longer believes me when I come home hours late with the only excuse being both the wind and the motor quit.

  21. Rosann Allenbaugh 3 years ago

    Is this an Upwind or a Downwind slip?

  22. Jim immer 3 years ago

    Darth Raider

  23. Jan Passion 3 years ago

    Whadda ya think? Time to go electric?

  24. Tom Gandesbery 3 years ago

    West Marine had a two-for-one sale.

  25. jdenglish 3 years ago

    Primary, Secondary and Failsafe……………………………..

  26. Scott Henry 3 years ago

    They told me that I need the maneuverability of twin screws to get in and out of this slip!

  27. Ray Hancock 3 years ago

    Rudder? We don’t need no stinking rudder.

  28. michael cropper 3 years ago

    two handed two ended handy one

  29. Dan Brenny 3 years ago

    Gotta get to the yacht club bar first!!!!!

  30. Ron Harben 3 years ago

    Break out the water skis!

  31. Al Moran 3 years ago

    For Sale: Motorsailer with twin screws

  32. Bill Andrew 3 years ago

    Though he loved his new sailboat, Jim was having trouble letting go of his power boat roots…

  33. Sailorette 3 years ago

    More power!!!

  34. Jeffrey Gould 3 years ago

    Motorsails equally slow on Port or Starboard

  35. Bill Willcox 3 years ago

    The sitcom reboot mania hits its nadir with “two and a half outboards”.

  36. Brian Forster 3 years ago

    “The boat really points now, on port or starboard!”

  37. Jeff Collier 3 years ago

    The Dagmar Double Ender

  38. Philip Miller 3 years ago

    Doldrums slayer

  39. William Huber 3 years ago

    A double-ended, double-bad idea.

  40. Max R. 3 years ago

    Double the horsepower double the speed upwind right?

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