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One of the comments addressed that there is a guy that flies his drone over Jupiter Inlet every time the weather gets nasty.
That boat looked heavy, like it was carrying a lot of water in the bilge or something. Sure went under quick.
Yes, that's a theory around here: some people think that the boat was taking water. It would explain the sudden bow down move, surface effect, water sloshing in the bilges.
Be interesting what the skipper has to say. I tend to think he had the trim tabs all the way down and was going too fast, but like everyone else, that's speculation at this point.
That boat looked heavy, like it was carrying a lot of water in the bilge or something. Sure went under quick.
See what happens when you get ahead of the wave?
Is this one of those low draft boats used for fly fishing in shallow waters? center consoles normally have more free board, at least the ones I am familiar with. It went under amazingly quick.
I have not been on a CC in many years, but I don't recall them having much of a bilge area to collect a large amount of water to cause that.
It looks more like a swamp and fill due to the low freeboard.
Is this one of those low draft boats used for fly fishing in shallow waters? center consoles normally have more free board, at least the ones I am familiar with. It went under amazingly quick.
I have not been on a CC in many years, but I don't recall them having much of a bilge area to collect a large amount of water to cause that.
It looks more like a swamp and fill due to the low freeboard.
Not hard to submarine a boat like the video, but not all that common either.
I avoid videos that ask one to sign in.
Something else going on.
Looked very low in the water and a little sluggish as if the boat had water below the decks. CCs usually are self draining and only a fool would run the breaking inlet ankle deep in water.
Not a flats boat...usually they have small cockpits for this very reason. Looked low sided, like some of the old Aquasport boats, but could have just looked that way from water inside or the way it was riding from trim in general.
Would guess the tabs were down, but if there was water in the boat, the tab thing is most likely less relavent ...but again would show questionable seamanship in those conditions.
One thing, looked like the length of the boat was exactly wrong for the period and size of the waves. The stern still was elevated as the tip of the bow was in the back of the front wave. The buoyancy of the bow wasnt enough at that point to lift the foredeck out of the wave in front. Had a 26 Shamrock do that a couple times, but I had the tabs up, little water in the bilge and the Shammie bow has a lot more buoyancy.
Not hard to submarine a boat like the video, but not all that common either.
Something else going on.
Looked very low in the water and a little sluggish as if the boat had water below the decks.
I think you are probably right. I'll bet he took a smaller wave earlier and got a big, but non-fatal slug of water in the boat. then as the bow went down on the final wave, all that water sloshed forward, and down she went.
The big difference with a Whaler is all the inherent buoyancy. The boat in the video sank like a rock where the whaler would just swamp and at least have a chance to keep going.