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http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/1-dead-1-hurt-as-boat-sinks-off-nj-coast-1.2566133
 
I cannot even begin to express how much I hate reading about incidents like that.

Bob
 
Looks like is was an old wooden party fishing boat this time, not a Bertram.

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As a old Coastie and current boating safety advocate, every one of these grieves, pains, me too. Florida, after a few years of modest decline, is only one boating fatality short of its all-time record. A top FL water cop made a couple comments I'll paraphrase... The most common boating fatality is drowning...the prevention is simple...wear a life jacket...
This victim was an older gentleman, he was offshore, the boat (if it's the one above) appears questionable, and weather was ???. Adds up to life jackets. Really adds up to life raft and exposure suits but in this case he slipped through rescuers' fingers. Same outcome, just even sadder. Till we grow gills, we have to be vigilantly careful out there.
I can only pray for peace and comfort for all involved and left behind. And that perhaps others'll be reminded that with the joys of the sea, come perils.
 
They had an EPIRB, a life raft and working VHF. The NJ State Police believe they heard distress calls of a boat taking on water, the CG did not hear any. The survivor is in critical condition from hypothermia. They did not have survival suits and my understanding with the wind, waves and water temp 39 degrees the guy that died had fallen out of the raft a few times. This part of the Jersey shore can be very hard on even a good boat in all but decent weather. I don't know what else to say perhaps they should have waited for a better weather window.
Bill
 
WHY were they running into Delaware Bay in the middle of the night in December with a 29kt NNW wind blowing? Thats just stupid. Talked to some frineds at the beach and they said seas were running around 8' with short periods. I can tell you from personal experience that DE Bay is no place to be when the conditions are running like that. If the tide was coming in at the time, then those seas will really stack up and it could have overwhelmed an old boat. From what I've read, the boat was in only fair condition. Does anybody know if they were attempting to run down the coast or turn up the bay to head to the C&D canal?
 
sounds like another case of "buyer beware"... Add to that ignorance of the local conditions.

Still, it's sad.
 
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