[Netizen]

It is a small boat and a single engine at that. It may not sink but if it turns over you are screwed.

If they had all stayed together and the waters calmed would they have been able to flip it upright again?

[Frantzie]

I don’t know. See picks below. It was a single engine outboard but I doubt 4 strong guys in the water could have flipped it back over.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/US-Coast-Guard-Marquis-Cooper-life-vest/photo//090302/480/507e59152de24513ac36dcee65e8320b//s:/ap/missing_boaters_nfl;_ylt=AimyJ9gWcrfwUU.6EDNgJR5H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5cjJobmZnBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDaW50aGlzcGhvdG9y

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http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/US-Coast-Guard-Marquis-Cooper-life-vest/photo//090302/480/507e59152de24513ac36dcee65e8320b//s:/ap/missing_boaters_nfl;_ylt=AimyJ9gWcrfwUU.6EDNgJR5H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5cjJobmZnBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDaW50aGlzcGhvdG9y#photoViewer=/090302/483/ed7924d65cec4d9da4372295cae9ff95

Check out this one. This is today and you can still see the swells.