Fishing trip gone bad ...

very well said pete. alot of people disreguard or are nieve to the dangers of being out on a large body of water.
 
Man, that's too bad...personally I don't think I could bring myself to anchor a boat in heavy weather. I am not an expert boater by any stretch but I did do a lot of ocean fishing growing up and I have built a sailboat of my own design...I can think of 21 footers that would be fine in that kind of weather but I would never personally anchor a boat in rough seas. That is not to say that I disagree with anyone who would with a very long line but I couldn't do it myself! Rather do one of two things: head into the waves, or run away from them if you can do it without burying the bow in the next wave.

But as I say I am not an expert. I would be pretty nervous heading that far off shore myself - even though I would rather be offshore than on the coast if the weather was bad, I would prefer to be close by and back on land before it gets ugly than survival sail on the water.
 
Good thing the boat was unsinkable. Otherwise they probably wouldn't have found the one guy. He was literally sitting on the hull hanging on to the motor. Boston Whalers are that way too among others.
 
I can't imagine being on a 21' boat in 14' seas and deciding to let out the anchor. I suspect that none of them had much experience on the open water. What I learned to do in big water in a small boat is to point the bow at the waves, whether you're moving with them or against them, and to power up them and then let off as you come over the crest.


Everglades boats are great boats though. I have a feeling that the unsinkable rep gave these poor souls a false sense of security.
 
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Sadly the coast guard has called of the search. The boat capsized Saturday evening ( 72 hours ago) so how long can someone expect to survive at sea assuming a PFD is worn ... especially being 35 miles out ?

My sympathies go out to the families of the missing men.
 
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