Elainera
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How sad.
The mob is killing the messenger IMO.
Really horrendous! Some people are just unbelievable.
How sad.
The mob is killing the messenger IMO.
A life jacket in the water will become water logged after a few days and may not even float after this period of time. I have my doubts about the boys even wearing life jackets, and if they even had extras on the boat. I was born and raised in the Jupiter area, been boating and fishing my whole life. I know from experience that most people stash the life jackets in some compartment, and sometimes they might be difficult to access in the event of a real emergency. So who knows if the boys even had enough life jackets on the boat, and if they were wearing them.
I would also guess that they had an engine issue and went to the back of the boat and removed the engine cover. They took a wave or two over the transom and filled the boat with water. It probably happened in a matter of seconds. SeaCrafts with an open transom are known to be susceptible to taking waves in bad conditions. My dad had a 20' SeaCraft when we were kids, and it capsized off Palm Beach inlet in rough seas. He admitted he should have never gone out in that boat in those conditions.
Fuel tanks have vents. So if the boat is flipped upside down, it likely lost a lot of the fuel anyway. It would be tough to judge how much fuel the boys did or did not use.
It's a shame these kids are gone and it was certainly a lot of bad decisions that led up to this event. Hopefully others will learn to be more careful and learn from these boys.
ITA with your assessments & it is what many of us that have knowledge of the area have been saying all along.
Going forward, I wish this tragic incident turns into a teachable moment. I hope the family deals through their grief via the help of close, truthful, friends & family. I hope they shut down the SM & the .
ASAP
I'm not sure if you're speaking about people in general or about people posting on this thread
If I was the family the life jackets would give me hope.
And if they are the boys you would think they are together, what would the chance be of them being together unless they were tied together trying to keep from separating. What is on the land where the jackets were located.