Why would you be boating in conditions like that without wearing a life jacket?

Running in conditions like that you gotta commit.

Looks like the dude backed off the throttle at the worst possible time.

This is why not everyone with credit should be allowed to operate a boat with no formal training or experience. I live in Corpus and you literally take your life into your hands boating on holiday weekends. There is no reason to leave the jetties on a day like this, particularly when you have an obvious stacking outgoing tide.

EMY92 said:

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Why would you be boating in conditions like that without wearing a life jacket?

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the amount of people that are too cool for life jackets is mind boggling.

ought1ag said:

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EMY92 said:

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Why would you be boating in conditions like that without wearing a life jacket?

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the amount of people that are too cool for life jackets is mind boggling.

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especially when underway or during rough conditions

That jetty sucks with an outgoing tide. I took several over the bow about ten years ago. I'm talking over my head at the center console on a 24 foot boat. It doesn't look bad until you're in it. It literally pulls the boat down and the wave curls over the boat. After clearing the channel we promptly put on life jackets and turned around and we punched it on the way back in. Lots of people filming us. Thankfully we didn't end up on the internet. They basically made the jetties too short and not deep enough. Gotta be careful and pick your days. Way safer to go out the port a jetty on with rough conditions.

EMY92 said:

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Why would you be boating in conditions like that?

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FIFY

AgFan1974 said:

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EMY92 said:

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Why would you be boating in conditions like that?

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FIFY

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The winds were crazy yesterday. Started the day out of the south then east then north the west then back out of the east.

It blew hard every direction with breaks in between.

I bet when they left the jetties it wasn't bad and then got caught in an east wind with an outgoing tide. Dangerous

I was hoping to see if that Century was the pos I sold 12 years ago lol. That boat was the worst at handling any waves. Wet as hell ride too.

I got down to Corpus yesterday and can't believe anyone was dumb enough to go out. Crazy wind, thunderstorms, lightning, and even had a tornado touch down near shore.

Reel Aggies said:

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I was hoping to see if that Century was the pos I sold 12 years ago lol. That boat was the worst at handling any waves. Wet as hell ride too.

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Well the busted center console of your old Century was found on the beach. With the keys still in the ignition.

On top of being just dangerously rough - quartering following seas are trickiest.

The wye in front of Port Mansfield can get pretty salty but it is the only way home. On most days seas are from the southeast on the prevailing wind. If I'm returning from fishing up north of Port on those days, I often press well south of the mouth of the harbor to ride in on a straight following sea. Of course, broaching is always a risk on a following sea, but a quartering following can can make it easier to do when the hook digs in a wave.

Centerpole90 said:

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On top of being just dangerously rough - quartering following seas are trickiest.

The wye in front of Port Mansfield can get pretty salty but it is the only way home. On most days seas are from the southeast on the prevailing wind. If I'm returning from fishing up north of Port on those days, I often press well south of the mouth of the harbor to ride in on a straight following sea. Of course, broaching is always a risk on a following sea, but a quartering following can can make it easier to do when the hook digs in a wave.

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Yeah, making that run into the channel across the sea was the killer. He could have handled those seas if he had gone further east and then turned to come straight down the waves and just kept pace on the backside of a wave.