“I read in one article that the CG found their boat 67 miles offshore. While wind and current could account for a lot of this, human error and incredibly bad judgment play a role.”
Another source said they were headed to the Bahamas.
If so, then that was another incredibly stupid thing to do on their part. There is a good tuna fishing spot in Bahaman waters, that they miht have been headed to, but doing a 150 mile round trip on open ocean in a 19 foot single engine boat is truly beyond stupid.