On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:00:34 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

That is a good picture but I'm not sure I would have chosen to go out.

Most newer sportfish don't even have a front cabin window let alone a
lower inside helm. The visibility is so poor compared to the
flybridge that you wouldn't want to drive there anyway.

did you check out the picture of the little 20 footer that was going
to attempt the inlet?

No, didn't see it. Do you have the URL for it?

Sounds like a good way to become a statistic.

We lose 20 footers every year down here and the inlets in south FL are
not all that dangerous for the most part. Mostly they capsize off
shore, particularly on the east coast.

The south shore of Long Island gets a fair number of inlet capsizings.
It's my impression, not backed by data, that more get in trouble
returning than going out. I wonder if there are any numbers on that?