Watching the news, I see that the missing NFL players were in a 21' center console with a single engine and ventured 40-50 miles offshore. I just don't get it
. We used to go 4-5 miles offshore of Jax, Fl. (to a prime spot) in a similar boat, but I wouldn't have felt safe even at that distance unless there were lots of other boats around (there always was). What happened to common sense? A 21' boat is a canoe in big water. I remember one time deep sea fishing as a kid off of NC, 40 miles out (probably a 50' boat), and in no time we were in "water troughs" looking way up water on each side as it got rough "quick" while we made our way back to shore.