just in for those of you who have been following the story about the 2 football players that were lost off the coast of Florida... boat was found turned upside down... 1 of the USF players were clinging on to the boat... the two professional players were not found on the boat... what a tragedy.
from what i read they were on a 21 foot vessel does not sound to bright to me but i am not a deep sea fisherman. around here we have lake of the ozarks i would not go out on lake of the ozarks with a 21 foo t boat. is that common to go deep sea fishing on such a small boat. i know nothing about boats i am seriously asking if this is normal.
Here is the mistake I believe they made. The boat they were in is a high dollar, well made craft, that can get them to the fishing grounds fast. I am making an assumption that they new the forecast, but decided to go anyway, however running out in two footers is far different than coming home in 4-6 ft seas. They could get out to 50 miles in an hour and a quarter, but getting back may take as long as 3.5 hrs. Since the boat was found at 35 miles and they were reportedly going out to 50, it would appear that the approaching weather caught up to them and made getting back an insurmountable obstacle. Sadly it is something that happens all the time. Fortunately it usually ends up in fishermen being late to dinner and not a tragedy.
