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http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/09/16/3-saved-from-sinking-sailboat-in-long-island-sound/ "The trio told police they had purchased the sailboat on the previous day and were unaware the weather would change on such short notice."
 
We all have been caught by a sudden storm or high winds, but damn on day two of boat ownership!

DOOOHHH!!!
 
Well, boating is generally a learning experience, and those guys just got their fust bit o learnin! ;)
 
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Originally posted by frayedknot1955

WOW, BoatCrazy. Do you think this was a laughing situation? They almost died.

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With the knowledge that everyone was safe, I find nothing wrong Laughing at such a lapse of judgment.
 
http://www.newsday.com/share/1.3175543 Learn from their mistakes.
1) failed to check weather.
2) only 1 working bilge pump
3) no knowledge of alternate docking locations.
 
Quite common, new boaters.
Wind is blowing too hard and get into trouble.
Wind is not blowing and bake crew into hatred of sailing.
"Current sea" got it right.
Add one under "alternate docking location":
Run it up on the shore, and walk off.
 
We were docked at Ocean Beach, Fire Island, when a new 26 bayliner straggled into the harbor around 11:30 PM...Is this Patchoque? Asked the crew. They had come from Bayshore, Long Island, and had one line to tie up with. They had bought the boat the day before, and were new boaters.

I tied them up with extra lines and told they they were not going anywhere with no charts or understanding of how to navigate at night. About 2AM they said the "girlfriends were cold" so they needed to borrow a blanket from us. My wife said no, I told them to figure out how to keep warm. At about 3am, the lines thumped aboard our boat and they left. I checked the marine reports the next morning for reports of a grounded vessel, but I guess they made it to somewhere safe. Scary.
 
You say these wrre Bayliner people. The stories I hear about people like this are always Sea Ray owners.:-)
 
It has always amazed me how a person can live with changing weather conditions for years ( decades ), then they get a boat and are unaware that conditions change.

Sorry they lost the boat, but every day aboard is a "final exam". You need to pass the test or you will definitely fail. Study before you take the test.
 
The thought I keep having is, as far as I know a Beneteau is not exactly a cheap boat and 30' isn't small. 25 knot winds, 4-6 footers, and they must not have been in shallow water/surf conditions or I doubt the police boat would have been able to get near them. Should a boat like that really take on water and founder in those conditions? Granted you have to suspect a certain amount of "operator error". I'm sure it would be an unpleasant situation, and maybe they'd be unable to make way, but why should it sink? Close everything up and where's the water going to get in? Boats know how to float.
 
If you read the article. Boat didn't sink. They panicked. Got seasick. The could of floated it out I am sure.
 
The ones I read last night said it was taking on water. Didn't read the subsequent ones, maybe the story changed.
 
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