Yes, it may be that they didn’t really tell their parents exactly what their plans were?
There are some comments below one of the online reports that indicate to that extent.
The sea is unforgiving in a lapse in judgment or preparation.
When I was younger, I read every book I could find about shipwrecks and real life lost at sea stories.
I just play in the road now.
There still is a possibility of them having been picked up (maybe by unsavory characters) with or without a weather incidence.
Regardless, their parents are having a real bad weekend.
They’re kids. They’re invincible.....they think. But the sea is unforgiving.