Florida boys lost at sea

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oops...wrong story...however, those 2 off Florida were found .....looking for story...
 
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I hate to be Debbie Downer, but no way in hell I would allow my 14 year old to take off in a boat out to sea. What were these parents thinking?
 
Not found anything on this JK. I think you were led astray. It's a shame. I had hoped that they had been found.
 
Searches were suspended last night, and Coast Guard called it quits early this morning. My theory is they were injured and drowned almost immediately... otherwise if they were such trained seamen or seakids, they would have stayed with their capsized boat; affording them greater opportunity of being discovered.
 
Dianne said:
I hate to be Debbie Downer, but no way in hell I would allow my 14 year old to take off in a boat out to sea. What were these parents thinking?
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Who could possibly have foreseen that letting two 14-year old boys take a tiny boat hundreds of miles off-shore could have ended badly?

The boys' families, who held a vigil for them on Tuesday, say they are sea-hardy and experienced sailors
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They are a couple of spindly little boys, not "experienced sailors."

The parents are idiots.

"The families pledged a $100,000 reward in the search"

Hopefully, once the bodies, er, I mean the boys, are found, the family will give that money to the Coast Guard to refund some of the tax money being spent trying to find them.
 
libertariantexas said:
Who could possibly have foreseen that letting two 14-year old boys take a tiny boat hundreds of miles off-shore could have ended badly?



They are a couple of spindly little boys, not "experienced sailors."

The parents are idiots.

"The families pledged a $100,000 reward in the search"

Hopefully, once the bodies, er, I mean the boys, are found, the family will give that money to the Coast Guard to refund some of the tax money being spent trying to find them.
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I'm with you on this. I thought I was going to get blasted off this forum with my comments. At least I'm not the only one here who thinks "Danger, Danger, Will Robinson" when allowing two 14 year olds to go out to sea in a small boat. Definitely parental neglect in my view. I view the parents as party animals, glad to get rid of their kids for a few days; now justifying it with statements of their vast experience as sailors lmao ...
 
Actually I'm astonished charges are not forthcoming in this case. We've seen people arrested lately for allowing their children to walk 1/2 mile to the neighborhood park have this kids taken away... A lady a couple of weeks ago was arrested for allowing her children to eat at McDonald's alone while she applied for a job 30 feet away, with her eyes on the children, the entire time.

Here parents allow two young kids to take to the high seas in a little boat? WTF? Because they have 100k to spend in reward money (although really paid for by Joe Namath, their neighbor), they are elites who law enforcement will allow to slide.
 
Sure, kids go out in the ocean and play in the storm.

Some folks should just never be parents. :p :mad:

Like those, oh I just forgot my baby was in the back seat.
 
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libertariantexas said:
Who could possibly have foreseen that letting two 14-year old boys take a tiny boat hundreds of miles off-shore could have ended badly?

They are a couple of spindly little boys, not "experienced sailors."

The parents are idiots.
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Well do you know for sure ?

We had this girl here solo-circomnavigate the world when she was 15..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Dekker

Age and ability/experience aren't necessarily linked.
 
dammit...yep..led astray by a 'friend' on FB...a US Marine veteran....oh well...he's more than likely bummed out as well for being led astray...

not looking good for those 2 boys...

thoughts and prayers for their family...sorry for the thread...
 
all of you chastising the parents 'may' have an argument, but dammit...dammit..as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest with the Puget Sound, hundreds of lakes, and large river systems, and me being a 'typical' male, it really is a minor miracle that i survived to the ripe old age of 63. My parents were watchful of me, but you can't tie your kid down especially if they have proven their experience with swimming ability, and a good working knowledge of boats, weather, and wind....shit happens. Life is short. I see myself in those 2 boys...a damn shame....shit.
 
I had my own boat, and routinely went offshore in it, at 14 years old.

So did my dad.

So did his dad.

Boys learn to sail and navigate and yes, become seamen at an early age.

The parents were not "idiots".

If anything, they were flying in the face of the current Zeitgeist of "hyper nannyism" and "helicopter parenting" that has turned a whole generation of young boys into simpering, neurotic, prescription drug addled, pansies.

With freedom comes risk.
 
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