The captain was an award winning sailor yet they jumped off the boat, unanchored and untethered, in the middle of the night with no one on bard to man the boat. The article says the captain started swimming for the boat right when he got in, is the surface current that strong that it could drift a boat out of reach? Is anyone a lake michigan expert? Do surface currents exist in lakes? The girls tread water for 5 hours, about a half mile from shore. Is the water so cold (65 degrees) and debilitating that they cant swim to shore? I know everyone will suggest alcohol and drugs, but I just think if I jumped off a boat, I could swim to the back before if gets away- but im no sailor. Could the boat have still been on? What do you guys think happened based on the article? Does the owner of the boat bear civil responsibility?
RIP- Be Safe on the water,
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