Boat Collision at the Causeway??/

[fishcatchr]

Dad just called asking if I had heard about the boat collision at the causeway. He said it happened this afternoon, and that they were still looking for people. Anyone heard of this??

[Jhua]

I did see a red coast guard boat milling around the area at around 1 or 2 ish on the way out of Galveston. Hope everyone is ok.

[reeltime]

When we crossed the causeway my daughter said look daddy someones in the water and sure enough there was somebody down there .I was like wtf and called 911.

[ubermensch1324]

When we crossed the causeway my daughter said look daddy someones in the water and sure enough there was somebody down there .I was like wtf and called 911.

Wow that's pretty heavy. Let's hope everything turns out alright, although I've heard of some bad boat wreck stories, they never seem to turn out well.

[WestEndAngler]

Another reason why you always wear your PFD!!

[Robalo]

GDN says they capsized, swam to shore and went to their hotel room and are safe-real smart.

Link: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/260898

[Robalo]

It gets even better!! From Chronicle:

A Coast Guard helicopter and two rescue vessels were summoned Monday to look for two men, age 71 and 20.

The search was halted late Monday night after the men were found at a Galveston hotel. They told authorities they swam to shore after their crafts capsized.

Union Pacific officials reported the vessels near the West Bay railroad bridge between Galveston and the mainland about 11 a.m. Monday. A Coast Guard statement says both vessels were apparently homemade of wood with green tarpaulins used as sails.

I wonder if one was Barry Obama, Huh??? Dumb enough to be him.

[Tiny]

I guess they saw their boats on the news... fuggin idiots..

[Jhua]

What a waste of manpower! You didn't do anything wrong, but if something as bad as that happens, you should probably report it.

[Robalo]

You are supposed report all boating accidents to the authroities, plus these braindead idiots left debris floating so some innocent person may hit it and get hurt and/or damage their boat that isn't some plywood nailed together with a tarp as a sail. MORONS!

Send them the S&R bill.

[ubermensch1324]

God must really love stupid people...he made so damn many of em u tell em robalo LOL

[travis12]

JJ Ault, 71, and his grandson Spencer, 20, set off on a sailing adventure on September 9 on two 13 1/2 foot sailboats that they built themselves.
They left from Kingfisher Beach in Port O’Connor, heading down the coast to the tip of Florida.

http://thedolphintalk.com/?p=4209

[Robalo]

Adventurous doesn't equate to idotic. Seems to me they were pushing the envelope a little too far, plus to leave after sinking when they should have known others saw them and likely reported it. Could have been much worse for them-and nobody would have known what happened to them and likely many more hours would have been spent searching for them-next time at least carry a handheld radio or a "SPOT"-still idiots in my book.

[reeltime]

lol that explains it there from POC !

[007]

JJ Ault, 71, and his grandson Spencer, 20, set off on a sailing adventure on September 9 on two 13 1/2 foot sailboats that they built themselves.
They left from Kingfisher Beach in Port O’Connor, heading down the coast to the tip of Florida.
http://thedolphintalk.com/?p=4209

My maleware just sent up a BIG RED FLAG on this link!!! Open at your own risk!!