This time it was three guys from NJ.

Apparently they thought the primary purpose of having PFD aboard a
small boat was to palacate the USCG in case of inspection.

What a shame. Considering wives, kids, friends, coworkers, employers,
employees, and family members there are maybe hundreds of people
affected by each of these deaths, so it isn't entirely or solely a
personal decision.

We can only hope their possibly needless deaths will serve as
instructional examples

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Boat capsizes off NJ coast, killing 3; second fatal fishing accident
since Wednesday
AP
Posted: 2007-11-29 20:04:19
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A boat capsized about five miles from
shore, killing the three fishermen on board, authorities said
Thursday.

The 25-foot pleasure boat carrying the men was reported missing by a
friend Wednesday night when they didn't return.

The Coast Guard searched through the night for the men using boats, a
helicopter and a plane. A helicopter crew member using night-vision
goggles spotted the boat early Thursday and the bodies of Mark Stroud
and Danny Pavic, both of Galloway.

A salvage crew sent to recover the boat found the body of Jerry
Berwick, 64, of Philadelphia, inside the cabin Thursday afternoon, the
Coast Guard said.

Coast Guard Spokesman Nyx Cangemi said that there were life jackets on
the boat, but that the men were not wearing them. The water
temperature was about 50 degrees, he said.

Officials were waiting for a medical examiner to identify the body.

The men launched from Oyster Creek and were headed for Little Egg
Inlet, which is about 10 miles north of where their boat was found.

The search follows another fishing accident Wednesday in which a 72-
year-old man was killed after being trapped underneath a capsized boat
in Maurice River Township. Two others survived.

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