nfl players missing in the gulf..

[oonighttrain]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9280504/?MSNHPHCP&GT1=39002

i wish them luck but, the water is about 60 degrees and the seas last nite and today are easily over 12 feet (today for sure).. aint lookin to good..

noaa wave height today:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42099

 

[snow_knight]

humm crazy deal.. doesnt look good.. but hope they make it..

 

[yammadog]

Maybe they are tired of being here and started floating to Cuba!?

21ft seems small for 12 ft seas....

 

[oonighttrain]

21ft seems small for 12 ft seas....

SEEMS???? i wouldnt take a 21 footer out 50 miles ever.. seas can kick up in no time!!

i doubt that boat is still floating.. its windy as he!! all day today, blowin like a sumbeach.. 21 foot boat in 12 plus foot seas, probably not still afloat.. everglades is a good quality boat but, 12 plus foot seas 50 miles offshore. coast guard serched by boat and helo, found nothing.. sounds like they ended up in the water and its 60 degrees..

 

[Jeff C]

I have been out on Lake Superior on a 28' cruiser in 17' seas, (got caught out there scuba diving a wreck).....

Thank goodnes we were traveling along beam seas, and the frequency of the waves were 50' feet.

I have never been so scared in my life.......

 

[BossRev]

The Ocean makes Mountains look like mole hills. Can be very scary.

 

[bigfoot]

The Ocean makes Mountains look like mole hills. Can be very scary.

Very true.

 

[mod03rmk800]

21ft is tiny in the ocean. I was in the Gulf of Alaska and a little bit of the Bearing sea in a 300 foot possessor during crab season. A storm kicked up and I spent two full days in my survival suit while the boat got tossed around pretty good. Granted it was 20-30 foot swells, but a 21 footer in half that size stuff would more than likely run out of fuel just trying to stay upright trying to stay course.
Good case for the use of a SPOT!

 

[oonighttrain]

hate to say it but, no word of finding them yet. im sure the boat went down as the coast guard couldnt find it.. a human cant last very long in 60 degree water..

 

[SkyRider41]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3945355

not looking too good...

 

[oonighttrain]

this is from my local news..

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MISSING_BOATERS_NFL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

 

[luvtoride]

Found the boat and one guy alive. That narrows down the search area greatly. Now the chance of finding the alive went from one in a billion to one in a million. Well, I don't know the odds, but godspeed to the rescuers in their enormous task.

 

[Blu Du]

really couldn't these guys afford a real boat.

 

[Scott]

I doubt they will find anymore of them....just the guy clinging to the engine is all that they are going to find, IMO.

 

[Blu Du]

well the other three weren't wearing life jackets now. they are gonners
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504074,00.html