On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:41:15 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:37:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

There are at least several morals to the story. One is that the value
of visual distress signals should not be underestimated, even if it is
only a red flag. Even if they had a working radio, the close
proximity of the cliffs would probably have made it ineffective to the
north just as happened with their cell phone. There were few, if any,
boats to the south that day except us. Another point is the value of
a second engine, even if it is only a ten horse kicker. If we had not
happened along when we did, they would almost certainly have broken up
in the boulder field and surf. It's easy to imagine the result of
that. Even if they had been able to get to the beach alive and
uninjured, there's a high probability of spending the night there with
no one aware of their situation.

Good job.

Guys always try to get in close to the bluffs because of the EEZ
closure.

I'm surprized that there haven't been more lost fishing stripers in
that area.

Thanks. Another obvious lesson to be learned which I forgot to
mention is the value of a proper anchor, line and chain. If they had
dropped anchor when they first lost power, things would have been much
safer for both of us.