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NFT: 2 Dead After Boat Capsizes in Jamaica Bay

gidiefor : Mod : 10/3/2015 10:41 am
NYT Article linked below --

This article made me think of jcn56 - jcn -- I wish you well and hope this was no one you know.
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5 people on a 14 foot boat  
ron mexico : 10/3/2015 10:48 am : link
on a windy and rainy night?

WTF were they doing?

Really?  
RobCrossRiver56 : 10/3/2015 10:52 am : link
5 people in 14 ft boat in bad weather. How could any of them have thought that this was a good idea. They must have been drinking..
I live on the bay,  
JBunch33 : 10/3/2015 11:00 am : link
and for anyone to be out there on a night like last night in a boat that size is just asinine.
WTF were they thinking  
PA Giant Fan : 10/3/2015 11:18 am : link
Thats just dumb and weird. I have been out in my 14 ft in bays similar which is worrisome enough on a average day
It wasnt fun to walk around yesterday  
spike : 10/3/2015 11:34 am : link
But to go sailing?
Thanks Gidie, alive and well here  
jcn56 : 10/3/2015 11:40 am : link
I fish that area all the time - it's barely half a mile from where I have my boat docked (Rob in Rockaway as well, hope he's doing well, but I know for sure his isn't a 14' boat :)

I was there a few hours before the incident, making sure that my boat was tied up securely because it had been awhile since I had a look. The wind was ridiculous - people tend to overlook that in the bay, figuring they're protected from the ocean on the other side of the Rockaway peninsula, but when you hit 30-40 knots, doesn't matter how protected you are. The waters over there are also tricky - these guys likely overturned only a few feet from shore, but because there are little islands, sand bars and obstructions, the currents can get wacky when the weather picks up.

RIP to them, but they paid a price out of sheer stupidity IMO.
Obviously  
AcidTest : 10/3/2015 2:58 pm : link
not wise, but very sad. Prayers to them and their families and friends. RIP. God bless.
Hey JCN - all good here thanks  
Rob in Rockaway : 10/3/2015 3:03 pm : link
and I wouldn't have my boat out on a night like last night. I don't know what those guys could have been thinking. RIP.
Rip  
ctc in ftmyers : 10/3/2015 3:59 pm : link
But that is called thinning the herd.
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