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ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 431 AM EST SAT FEB 28 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 15 KNOTS AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. .TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS CHOPPY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUNDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. .SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 6 TO 10 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH. .MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO AROUND 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS CHOPPY. .MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS TUESDAY. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP

I'm thinking they figured the could get out and get back before it got bad. If I was in a boat that did 40 knots, and this forecast, I don't know, I might have given it a shot.

No way I am going out 35 miles on a 21 foot open fisherman with one engine. You are just asking for trouble. 35 miles out with the possibility of 9 to 11 foot waves? Suicide run.

I talked to a friend who used to have a nice open fisherman probably a 27’ with two Honda outboards. Very nice boat.

He said his radio had an emergency pinger that you could press in case you were in trouble and had to tend to the emergency. He said you just had to hit the button.