[moviefan8]

I feel sorry for the kids, but the parents acted irresponsibly. The parents should pay all the costs.

Irresponsible people ruin it for everybody. Freedom will be lost.

[Trailerpark Badass]

The parents should pay all the costs.

Why? the CG is on duty around the clock, not just when there is an emergency. That's what they're for.

You know how they get good at S&R? By performing S&R.

Think of it as training.

[wideawake]

Depending on which news article you read, the parents' level of culpability varies.

One article implies the boys asked permission to sail to the Bahamas and got it.

Another implies that the boys simply took the boat for what the parents assumed was their routine local fishing trip, and the parents are now only surmising that they attempted the Bahamas trip.

[dljordan]

“Irresponsible people ruin it for everybody. Freedom will be lost.”

That shows you what kind of government we have.

[RegulatorCountry]

Those parents are very distraught right now, recriminations won’t help those two boys.