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Four Marco Island boaters rescued in Gulf after 23 hours capsized

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:53:34 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:29:03 -0500, Wayne.B
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These guys were lucky. The wind was blowing like stink from the east
so they apparently didn't realize they were in trouble until well
offshore. I took a quick spin on our 26 ft runabout yesterday but
would not have ventured out onto the Gulf with it.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20111128/MARCONEWS/111128009/Boaters-rescued-off-Marco-Island

That east wind tricks a lot of people. They are going out with it
behind them then when they are coming back it is right in their face.
A am amazed at the boats people think are "enough" to run offshore.

From our coast they also go out in the lee of the shore and that makes
a big difference in your initial perception.

They had these guys on the news tonight and they say a wave came over
the stern.

I wonder if it was one of those "low transom" boats? ;-)

Heh, now you've done it. I tried very hard not to go there although
it was tempting. I think any time a boat is swamped and capsized by
a wave over the transom, we can infer that it was too low. It was
only 22 ft and had twin outboards so it was probably a little stern
heavy in any case.

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