Flooded Boat | Do or Die

with over twelve hundred and sixty miles
of coastline it shouldn’t be any
surprise that Florida has more boat
owners than any other state but with an
average of over 600 accidents and more
than 60 boat related fatalities in
Florida every year it’s a hobby that
comes with serious risks this 25-foot
deck boat was just swamped by another
ship’s wake now it’s taking on water and
an alarming rate and it’s about to get a
whole lot worse
it’s slams against a barges angled bow
now we’re putting you on deck you only
have seconds to decide how to make it
out
what would you do hey move to the back
of the boat and stay with it for as long
as possible be bailout and swim for it
or see gun the engine to raise the
flooded bow
here’s what you should consider you’re
on a flooded boat wedged against a
construction barge an in danger of
sinking fast the speed of the current
pinning you to the barge is a swift 11
and a half miles per hour only 10 miles
per hour slower than the water tumbling
over Niagara Falls but it’s not just the
speed of the water that poses the danger
it’s also the weight
nearly a ton for each cubic yard pushing
against your boat fortunately federal
law requires boats like yours to include
added floatation buoyant foam injected
into the hull meant to keep it water
level even after being swamped
but is it enough to keep your head above
water
make your choice a B or C so what would
you do