5 people in a 13 1/2 foot boat?
And the boat is a kayak, which normally has small holes for a person to sit in. How did they all fit in?
Sounds like an ill-considered voyage. RIP.
Many two person kayaks are now open top. There’s enough room for one kid but not three
The only five-person kayak I could find was 25’
Lake Superior is COLD. Current water temp at Manitou Island is 61 degrees.
Throw a couple of kids in the drink without a wetsuit and they’ve got maybe a couple of hours before they die from hypothermia.
Have they never heard the Edmund Fitzgerald song?
AP probably doesn’t have much knowledge. ‘Open top’ almost always means ‘sit on top’, and that’s how they are sold. Sit-on-tops are for calm water and casual use.
Looks like there were storms predicted around the area at the time too.