I am from Jax and spent a great deal of time in Jupiter in my younger years. It is a looong way from Jupiter to Jax. And the Bahamas is the other way.
Who in their right mind would let their 14 year olds go out in the ocean in a 19 ft boat much less go to the Bahamas. I’ve done the Bimini run and its 3 hours and you always do a 2-3 boat caravan over and back. Because of the drug runners I wouldn’t do it for any reason now.
I seriously doubt that boat drifted from Jupiter to Jax. It sounds to me like they met up with some bad people.
Those parents are out of their minds.
Boat was found off Volusia County, not Jacksonville as had been reported.
We don’t know what their parents gave them permission to do. It sounds to me like they were expecting them back Friday at dusk.
If you spent a lot time here, you know that there is nothing unusual about kids this age in boats on the water. Sounds like they should have been better prepared/equipped for whatever trip they planned, but dumping on the parents at this point (without all the facts) doesn’t seem to help either.