Tough weekend for Seacrafters

[Fr. Frank]

...Please be careful and travel with a buddy boat when possible. I have broken down on Stellwagen ALONE and I have also been on a sinking boat. Neither was much fun.

I have broken down alone offshore and waited through the night before help came in the form of a USCG 41'. It seems that the CG thought my radio calls for help were a hoax because I said my vessel was not sinking and in no immediate danger, and wouldn't even look for me until the had confirmation that I was overdue. As I was a bachelor living alone, that didn't happen until I didn't show up at the marina for work; the marina where I was the tow boat captain
The irony is that my first cousin was the exec of the USCG Cape Shoalwater at the time, and was there at Peanut Island/Station Lake Worth when I called for help.

I have never had the dubious pleasure of actually sinking a boat underneath me, though.