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No way. Any day, the "owner" of the Yellowfin will show up and post the story. Naturally, the owner will blame Yellowfin. Only, after a few posts questioning the circumstances, it will become apparent that the poster does not really own the boat - his father does.
Once caught with their hand in the cookie jar, the poster will cry to the mods to delete the thread.
I think I have seen that here before; anyone else?
This is one reason why I own Boston Whalers. People bash them all the time on their ride and price, but is it not worth knowing that you will not sink????
It actually was an iceberg that was caused by the global warming putting us into a new ice age... It obvious that Arctic ice levels are so low because all of it is going south...
No way. Any day, the "owner" of the Yellowfin will show up and post the story. Naturally, the owner will blame Yellowfin. Only, after a few posts questioning the circumstances, it will become apparent that the poster does not really own the boat - his father does.
Once caught with their hand in the cookie jar, the poster will cry to the mods to delete the thread.
I think I have seen that here before; anyone else?
Well, not exactly. The one guy who survived did so by floating on top of the inverted hull, out of the cold water.
He was not out of the water, the boat was still anchored and every time a wave came by the boat would go under and then back up to the surface leaving him to either hang on and hold his breath, or float for a few seconds. He survived because his body tolerated the cold more than the average person and his determination to survive was strong. He also had lots of warm clothes on because he got sea sick, the other three had t-shirt shorts and no shoes. When the sea's calmed down a bit the boat stopped going under but he was still mostly in the water and cold. He had lots of cuts around his shins from wrapping his legs around the lower unit and trying to hang on in rough sea's. Not many people would survive what he went through.
The Everglades flipped because the guys were just plain stupid on too many fronts. No communications capability, no common sense about going out in bad weather, an overloaded boat, anchoring the stern in high seas, gunning the gas after anchoring the stern.. They may have overcome any one, or two of these but how many death-defying mistakes can you get away with?
Here is a picture of the captain with his everglades before the accident. The caption reads: "Bless you Mr. Cooper for helping boaters in the future be better prepared. Marquis Cooper (l) in happier times"
Did you notice he is stuck on a sand bar??? WTF???
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