These are football players we're talking about..
Forecast for >20 knot winds, >10' seas, 21' boat, >30+ miles from shore, treacherous Gulf........ nope, that certainly isn't a Rhodes Scholar equation...
As one who has survived seas equal in height to the length of our boat --- one can NEVER underestimate the danger of high winds and seas.....
No shiite!...And the forecast is the most important line of defense...I wouldn’t go out in a man made lake without it...Looks like they had no way to communicate during MOB...Sheez! Red sky at night...sailors delight..Red sky in the morning, sailors warning!!!