Thanks for posting WKENDER. Your post got me to thinking about what the proper procedure would be for recovering eight people from a sinking boat in rough waters. I would welcome input. As you mentioned, you couldn't pull alongside the boat and have people step from one boat to the other because of the intensity of the wind and waves. Once people are in the water and trying to climb in your boat, though, that can probably be tricky too both for the swimmer (boat getting blown and moving around violently) and for the captain (since you obviously have to disengage your prop which allows the wind and waves, which were enough to swamp the first boat, to have their way with your boat). Not sure what choice you would have though. I'm sure it was a hectic time, especially with children who must have been very scared. Congrats for keeping your cool and successfully recovering everyone without incident.
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