[WENDLE]

I speculate they were trying to make the Bahamas. I feel sad. They should have been stopped. They were too young to have unlimited decision making.

[Robe]

Water temp is about 87*....a human in that temp will slowly have their body temp decrease to that temp....once the body's internal temp reaches about 93*...organs will start shutting down....they're fish food....in particular SHARK food

[fso301]

If it was an accident, their cardinal sin appears to have been not staying with the boat. Hard to know why even at 14 they didn’t know to do that?

[C. Edmund Wright]

saw this story on a boating forum....posted by a friend of the family. So so sad. What were a pair of 14 year olds doing going out of Jupiter Inlet, one of the most dangerous inlets on the east coast? And what were they doing 67 miles off shore in such a small boat?

Damn.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

I read reports yesterday that they were found. There were even details about them sharing wet suit and sleeping all day and holding on tight during the stormy nights...

WTH?

[SES1066]

I fear that these poor boys met more than their match when those seas turned ugly. When we are young, we lack the experience that tells us to turn back. Frequently the brave die young because they risk too much. In the military this is what makes them say; "Come on boys, you want to live forever?"

In Memory (I hope and pray I am wrong!)

Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial Gloucester, MA

[RegulatorCountry]

From South Carolina, the Gulf Stream goes to Cape Hatteras where it violently collides with the Labrador Current and then veers out to sea, eventually reaching County Cork, Ireland.

[FlJoePa]

As a 30+ year Jupiter resident, no story has touched the community like this one since maybe Rachel Hurley. It’s sad, but people shouldn’t be dumping on the parents. I know them all, and while they’re far from perfect they don’t deserve any blame here.

[M Kehoe]

Welcome to FR.

Do you have a pair of asbestos undies?

Just asking.

Please Lord, find these boys CG, their time is running out.

In Jesus name I pray, amen.

5.56mm

[Riley]

Been watching this. Sorry to hear it. It struck me that they were probably involuntarily separated from the boat, as well.

[spacejunkie2001]

Pirates?

[Does so]

Ten years ago, a couple of Jupiter boys managed to live for seven days after they were pulled by shore currents into the Gulf Stream. Their boat was an unpowered 14½-foot Sunfish (even missing a sail), and they survived:

http://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/jupiter/10-years-ago-charleston-teens-survived-7-days-lost-at-sea-share-story-of-survival