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I live about 40 miles south of Jupiter, have two boats, and actually was out in the ocean today. On Friday we had a couple of squalls come though with winds to 45 miles per hour. The teens were in a 19 foot Seacraft according to the Coast Guard pan pan broadcasts today. In the 80s that boat brand had a reputation for sinking and were sometimes called “sinkcraft” for their propensity to go under. The problem wih them is that the transom was cut very low to the water. The manufacturer tried to fix it by putting lead weight foward and limiting weight on the stern. Of course Seacraft has gone through many owners since then, but based on the pictures I saw of their boat they look like it was one of the older ones with a newer engine (heavier now thanks to the EPA). As far as the kids on the water they are everywhere here. Heck I got my first boat as an 8th grader in Long Island. They tell you to stay with the boat if they go down, but the foam in them makes them turtle and there isn't much to hold onto especially in any sort of seas. The other factor down here is the current in the gulfsstream, I headed 8 mph south today trolling, and still ended up north of where I went out.