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To: Dilbert San Diego
The boys are 14 and that is the age you can obtain your license. When the story broke, it was reported the boys were going to the Bahamas to fish; it is my understanding the CG retracted that statement saying they were incorrect but that the boys were going fishing in the direction of the Bahamas. Our kids grew up on boats and piloted them from a young age but never alone. You do see a lot of younger kids on the Intercoastal or St. Lucie River piloting boats but not out on the ocean. The former would be like training wheels; calm water, lots of activity, etc.

Don't know the circumstances behind this as it's somewhat vague as to what they were doing or if their parents knew, just praying they're found.

10 posted on 07/26/2015 7:58:17 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: liberalh8ter

Prayers for their safety. When I was 14 we were pretty responsible with boats, though we took some risks. If the kids were raised around boats and the ocean they may be OK.

I just got Little Flash A a book called “The Lion’s Paw” b Robb White, which I read when I was in grade school. It had been out of print but now a small publisher has brought it back. I hadn’t remembered the details, but yesterday I read it in about 90 minutes.

It’s a kid’s adventure story set in FLA in 1946, about a fifteen year old boy whose dad was MIA, his uncle wanted to sell the Dad’s 30-ft. sailboat boat because a boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money; two orphans escaped from the orphanage show up, and the three of them take off. They leave an unnamed Atlantic port, fake out the authorities by first going north, then turn back south, go through the St. Lucie Canal to Lake Okeechobee to Ft. Meyers. So I spent some time after reading it looking at the different locals on Google.

Maybe you know it.


68 posted on 07/26/2015 10:26:29 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: liberalh8ter
Update: Update, 2:30 p.m.: Crews located an overturned boat off the coast of Jacksonville, but is still investigating its connection to the missing teens, officials report.

The boat fits the physical description of the 19-foot vessel that the boys disappeared in. They are bringing the boat to shore in Jacksonville to investigate further, according to officials.

Prayers going out for this family

81 posted on 07/26/2015 11:58:40 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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