Yeah, but those 9 to 11 footers wasn't going to be til Sunday. This was Saturday morning. SE winds off of Clearwater headed west. They probably didn't even have 3 footers for the first 15 or so miles.
Yeah...But if your heading 30 mi or so or evern 15 miles off shore, wouldn’t you check the weather?
Yup. I think it is on the higher end radios and sends out a GPS fix to the coasties.
I have been out on the east coast in warm gulfstream waters on a twing engine 30 ft or so sport fish. I was creeped out at 5 miles with radios, etc. No way I would go out 35 miles with their boat and no pinger or survival raft. Just asking for trouble.