[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

http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/400,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090302%2Fcapt.507e59152de24513ac36dcee65e8320b.aptopix_missing_boaters_mh102.jpg?v=2

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.

[richstevens]

No one has brought this up yet; but well, it is clear from the photos that Nick Schuyler has the best survival position on the overturned watercraft. It is also clear that he is wearing some sort of rain/ weather parka.

I wonder how long he held or acquired that optimal position with 3 other very tough guys fighting from their survival?
Assuming 4 guys still on the craft, how would ‘you’ manage a survival? [and with 3 big, possibly roid-minded football players?]

I thought about this; and it is tough without rope or
floatation devices.

I agree with other posters that there is no way 13 people could have a comfortable ride on this boat (as per the manufacture claim). It already looks like it would be crowded with just 4 people, especially 4 big football players.