“The story released here was that the other three members of the party elected it “swim” to shore.”
The initial report I read said that they were fishing about 50 miles out, but I’d like to know where the boat was when they found it, maybe they were a lot closer to shore when they anchored. In 62-degree water (even with life vests on), you don’t swim to shore from 50 miles out, and maybe not even from 5 miles out.
35 miles out.