Posted on 04/26/2015 1:23:48 AM PDT by topher
MOBILE, AL (WALA) - One boater was rescued, but four were still missing as the United States Coast Guard searched the waters of Mobile Bay after sailing vessels participating in a Dauphin Island sailing regatta capsized during a storm.
The Coast Guard Sector Mobile received the report at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday that the regatta was struck by severe weather causing multiple vessels to capsize and leaving multiple people on the water. The United States Coast Guard said 200 people were on 119 boats during the 57th annual iteration of the Dauphin Island Race.
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NO ONE saw this coming ?
I’m sorry for those people but this storm was known about all day long.
I'm no swabby, but I think if I was a crew member, I'd have at least an inkling of an idea about the possibility of a storm and refuse the load (trucker talk ... every trucker's right)
I’m not calling you stupid ... it was a stupid decision
Same storm moved inland and crossed into Florida. It caused power outages and minor tree damage in my area.
I was planning to go to Mobile earlier that day and the weather forecast at 9:45 am forecast 0 % rain until 1 PM then,80%,2PM,90% 3 PM,30%, decreasing after that. Glad I didn’t go now anyway. The annual Mullet toss at the Flora Bama lounge in the Florida border was inconvienienced also, with the tents blow away. The car show I planned to attend had a tent collapse also.
But let’s pray they find the missing boaters, alive.
Of the 119 sailboats, there probably a number of boats that had very green crews, and did not know how to handle bad weather
They were sailing for the fun of it, and may not have had very little experience.
Some may have been more concerned with winning than avoiding trouble like capsizing.
That is just my opinion.
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