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I don't want to take away from the discussion here on the MSV boats, but as you all can tell, Sonny Miller was a real pioneer in the sport. Sonny was one of the original guys with the tin boats as he worked with Merrick Lewis back in the Maritime days. He was a rigger that learned his trade well and even helped a new guy to the business by the name of Saccenti.........BUT a good friend of mine reminded me of a great story that only Sonny can tell......
What does Sonny and Christopher Columbus have in common?
Well, Columbus started a voyage for India and ended up in the Turks and Caicos.
Sonny started a voyage with a new Cigarette headed for Nassau.....and he also ended up in the Turks and Caicos. this is funny a new client in a new 28 cig picked me up in freeport ,heading down to nassau . we went south heading toward the jolders off williams Island .after 2 hr s we see nothing ,I discovered the owner ty rapped his key ball under the compass. that killed it .vhf radio good only 20 miles a bad afternoon storm and a hurricane coming from cuba we beached the boat on west andros. and tied up to a crashed air plane abandon there. 1/4 fuel left ,we saw hammer head sharks that glowed in the night,giant saw fish in the bites and wild boar running around.two water spouts near us,I saw the lights of andros town and was going to walk in to a phone.willy meyers shows up in a big helicopter and brought me more fuel.we drove to chubb quay ,and had a drink. back at cigarette don and bob saccenti are laughing telling everyone that something happened in the boat between me and this guys wife. Sonny miller
Sonny.....you fill in the details please....thanks.