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Fair seas Capt. I did not know you but I think we love the same thing. My first Captian I mated for was an older guy and one day in CPR training the instructer said to him did we have plan if something were to happen to him. He looked at this guy and said "well my mate better get up here and finish the trip and worry about me later". He has long passed and I know there are plenty of big ones left to catch for him and Capt.Tom Henry.
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This was an extremely unfortunate accident and prayers go out to the family. For those of you that question his judgement about going out that day, I notice most of you are not from South Fl, especially Palm Beach and Martin Counties. We face these conditions often especially in the winter. After most cold fronts with a NE quadrant wind, these huge rollers in the inlets are common and that day in Jupiter was a typical day in the winter here that we fish all the time in. Anything can happen to anybody in an instant no matter how experienced they are.
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I am so sorry to hear that Tom passed.
He must have sustained more trauma than what we heard.
He is now easing through calm seas with full fish boxes.
Hold him close God, you need a good boat captain...
Tomorrow morning at sunrise, I'll be on the water and drink a cup of coffee to the rising sun for Capt Tom.
I was told that the Captain had a rotator cuff injury that may have played a role.... not being able to hold on properly with two hands quite possibly could have been the difference... Very sad... RIP Cap...
That inlet can get nasty and change rather quickly. Sometimes as bad as Boynton 'inlet'. It's much smaller than it looks, especially for a boat like that. Shame to see such a tragedy. RIP cap'n.
I went fishing friday out of St. Lucie on my buddy's 25' Hydrasport. Once outside it really was a nice day, noticed there were 6-8' swells with occasional 10' at around 12-14 sec rolling through offshore around pushbutton hill.
Didn't know him but, wish his family and friends the best.
For those of you who know this inlet well; can you please identify what the circled object in the pictures below is? Debris, a rock or what? Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to move in relation to the boat in this sequence of photos (no's. 15-17) http://pnyr.big1059.com/cc-common/ga...lbum_id=249965
My prayers go out to the Captain and his family. I read today's Palm Beach Post article where he retired as an attorney to be a Charter Boat Captain over the last 20 years so must of loved what he was doing. It can happen to any of us at any time.
For those of you who know this inlet well; can you please identify what the circled object in the pictures below is? Debris, a rock or what? Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to move in relation to the boat in this sequence of photos
This is just awful. Makes me realize as a novice how dangerous the seas can be. Unfortunately, correct me if I'm wrong, but all of the SE FL inlets are said to be dangerous, from Jupiter to Hillsboro.
