29' Larson sinks SW of S. Bass Sunday

[branhamautomotive]

drifter sorry to hear about your boat, glad to know everyone is ok. I looked at the pics and the video, very said and amazing to see. I would agree it seems odd that a 5 foot wave to sink a 29 foot boat. But something to think about a 5 foot high wave assuming that the average wave is 2 foot at its base from start to finish and assuming your boat is 10 foot wide, that wave would hold about 100 cubic feet of water. Now i know the wave is not a perfect square and so these numbers are not 100% acturate but something to think about. 100 cubic feet of water is the same as 748 gals. and water weighs about 8.3 pounds a gal thats 6200 extra pounds landing on the rear of the boat, if your boat is 8 foot wide or assuming the loss from shape of wave, thats 80 cubic feet which is 598 gals that just short of 5000 pounds. Now that weight alone might not put a boat down but if it would drop the back low enough it could start the water flowing in continuosly. Not saying its the answer. I am by no means a boat expect or anything......but thats alot of extra weight

again glad to hear everyone made it ok and no one got hurt

I know this will make me think about anchoring at the stern which i know i do alot. My boat has a long nose and the cuddy opening is a long way from the nose and my railing around the edge is very low( more for looks than to keep someone on board ) I always use the stern cause i dont want to fall off the noise when pulling the anchor in, but i guess swimming is better than sinking a boat