I live on Lake Of The Woods, a big tourist fishing spot. The waves get big sometimes here is another example of people not paying attention.
From what i heard this boat had a live well in the back on one of the sides beings it was full of water that side of the boat favored the water. Waves were hitting the back of the boat and splashing in. Now while this was not a lot of water at once but over time a little water adds up to become a LOT of water. There was sever people on a 24 foot with the water and the right weight shift at the right time spells trouble.
6 of the 7 people got out with out injury's the 7th was trapped under the boat in a air pocket for over 4 hours. He did not know how to swim. I believe he was treated for Hypothermia and recovered 100%...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmWry3oJIM
Heres the rest of the Video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbF_VWN5XE
UPDATE****
The word is that the livewell pump hose came off and they were filling the livewell. I guess the water came quick and 4 guys went to the cabin to get life jackets and the water rushed to the front of the boat and flipped it. The only thing that kept it up was the fact that it flipped over and there was an air pocket trapped in the front of the boat. The guy that was trapped said he felt like it was only 15 minutes and it was almost 3 hours. They figure he must have passed out or something.
From what i heard this boat had a live well in the back on one of the sides beings it was full of water that side of the boat favored the water. Waves were hitting the back of the boat and splashing in. Now while this was not a lot of water at once but over time a little water adds up to become a LOT of water. There was sever people on a 24 foot with the water and the right weight shift at the right time spells trouble.
6 of the 7 people got out with out injury's the 7th was trapped under the boat in a air pocket for over 4 hours. He did not know how to swim. I believe he was treated for Hypothermia and recovered 100%...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmWry3oJIM
Heres the rest of the Video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbF_VWN5XE
UPDATE****
The word is that the livewell pump hose came off and they were filling the livewell. I guess the water came quick and 4 guys went to the cabin to get life jackets and the water rushed to the front of the boat and flipped it. The only thing that kept it up was the fact that it flipped over and there was an air pocket trapped in the front of the boat. The guy that was trapped said he felt like it was only 15 minutes and it was almost 3 hours. They figure he must have passed out or something.
