Glad to hear you're alright and safe.
You guys had an angel watching out for you :uhuh:
Be better prepared next time, sounds like you will be.

Wow!Glad you're still around to tell the tale.

Yeah ... crazy stuff ... glad you made it okay ... a gripping story as you transcribed it

I just bought a boat this year and this really opened my eyes a bit. Reading this for now the 4th time and forwarding link to my buddy. Certainly an eye opener and very glad you are all OK. Thank you for sharing.

I just watched it on the news, read the story earlier. You guys held yourselves together mighty well. Very interesting perspective with the GoPro footage....glad to hear you all are okay and the story had such a good outcome. Wow.

Just read this story and then saw it on the news minutes later, all I can say is Wow. On the news it was said of prayers going up just before you guys went in the water. The way I see it, luck had nothing to do with it! So glad to hear you guys are all ok. I have certainly learned some lessons from your experience so thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Very sobering, as I know my safety equiptment is all over the boat and not easy to get at..... Will be reorganizing it before the next trip.

Holy Crap !!!! That is one scary story. Very glad to hear everyone is OK. I've been boating for many years and have never had anything even close to that, and I hope I never do. Its my worst nightmare.

You guys definately had a higher power looking out for you. You must be doing something right in your life. Because I believe what goes around comes around, and you get what you give.

God Bless.

Dude, I just saw this on the news, they mentioned the name Kevin Jackson...and I laughed and told my daughter that dude had the same name as the guy I go fishing w/....then I come down and log on and read this....holy chit dude....glad you are OK

Thanks for sharing all the details, definitely something to learn from, all of us.

Also Happy to hear you all made it safely back to your loved ones. Even the loss of one would have effected the rest of all of your lives.

He has a plan, and all of you have a part to play in It.


Crazy how you can feel like it never happened huh??...

here ya go in case you missed it.

3 rescued south of Martha?s Vineyard after mayday call

Very glad you guys are okay!

This is my worst nightmare.........

Wow. Many similar situations don't end so well. Glad you guys are here!
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Jesus, what the hell Jackson! Glad your ok, but just for grins where did the gear go down :)
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what a story. Glad everyone is ok.

Doing my planning for a ditch bag. Bag with pfds is currently jammed into leaning post compartment.... no good. Ditch bag will live in forward fish box so it will come free if boat went down. Going to replace old bilge pump and upgrade handheld vhf to something with more safety features.

Wow,,,, Glad you guys are alright,,,, Good read and thanks for taking the time to post it. Definitely lucky....

Hopefully this story will persuade others to get educated and be prepared before heading out.

Geez Kev! Glad things worked out. Three of our fishing club members have perished in boating accidents during my years as club president. You dodged a bullet my friend.

Glad my feet are always attached to terra firma via korker spikes.

See you at the shop.

DZ

Damn! Glad you guys are OK - will read more tonight.

Glad everyone is good.
Thanks for sharing that JackK. Very well written.

Seems you all had good situational awareness and kept cool.

Scary stuff indeed.. glad you guy's made it... I had a very simular incident once,unable to make progress with the hand pump, I used my wash down pump as an emergency dewatering divise and was able to get the boat to shore ....all because of a leaky through hull..

It might be better as a separate thread but I would be curious to know what others have on board or carry in terms of additional safety gear or a ditch kit? When I was in the CG years ago we also carried a damage control bag of sorts with items to plug a hull breach, fittings, pumps, etc....

I don't carry a spare bilge pump (have a hand pump) but I will now. Maybe even wire and fit it so it can go straight to a battery and pump over the side without having to mess with a burnt out one? I am sure some of you guys have great ideas for a quick fix to a serious situation on the water. I for one would be happy to hear them.

I have a floating handheld VHF I use while on my kayak, I'm bringing that damn thing on ANY boat I set foot on from now on!

If you have the room for it, Whale manual crash pump mounted on a board.

Thank you all for your well wishes.

Ross, I took your advice and contacted OTW. Might end up in an upcoming article on safety and awareness (or in our case, the lack thereof!).

One thing I should have added is how important my training was during this ordeal. I've been through multiple offshore survival trainings for work, and I can't stress enough how much of a difference it made. It really made me not panic- instinct just kicked in on what to do. A free course is offered in New Bedford- Check out New Directions Southcoast at New Directions Southcoast :: New Directions South Coast. The course is FREE. Definitely more of a commercial tilt to it, but if you spend a decent amount of time on the water it could save your life.

For those that missed the Fox broadcast, here's the link. There are two different videos- the one that plays automatically, and a different one that you can click to below it. I'll get up the GoPro footage once John has finished editing it.

3 rescued south of Martha?s Vineyard after mayday call

And here is the footage.

‪Cynthia Z‬‏ - YouTube

craziness

Everbody loves a happy ending. Glad you and your friends are OK.

So happy that your all O.K.

Just heard - you lucky duck! I always figured if it happened, I'd sink on a comm boat. Guess I'll need to re-think that!

saw you on TV...yikes...I thought our little fishing adventure last fall was dangerous...and expensive....but this takes the cake...well, rest up...Bluefish Tournent is in a few weeks...Team Red Stripe will rage..bring the helmet cam :)...maybe you should just bring a helmet!

On Boston channel 4 news, gopro video!
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Glad you guys made it. Great story. I've been thinking about installing an extra bildge in my boat for a while now. This will motivate me to do it ASAP.

Very fortunate you had what you did and it was usable. Really glad you and your fishing buddies are OK and no worse for the wear so to speak. It has truly motivated me to put together some additional safety items to bring on every trip handheld VHF is #1 on the list and with GPS built in.

One question why was the boat taking on water in the first place? The bilge pump failing doesn't cause you to take on water? Was this boat known for taking on water and the bilge pump was relied upon to keep it dry?

Again very glad you all are safe and sound that could have ended very badly ofr the three of you if not for your cool heads and preparation.

Yeah,
I saw the story on the news on Monday morning. Funny how things work out sometimes. Very glad you guys are ok.

If you're around Gloucester on Friday night, I might be coming up. Let me know.

Later,
Rick

Wow
 

You guys were very lucky. I'm glad you made it back safely.
I was researching a ditch bag yesterday and came across this video of a product called stay afloat. It wouldn't of helped you guys but it might help one of the readers. It looks like the wax that is used for the wax ring for toilet installations.
‪Stay Afloat Promo‬‏ - YouTube
Just saw it in another thread posted by Fishoholic:
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ditch-bag.html

Glad you guys are alright. What a harrowing experience. That is the exact reason whenever I go on someone else's vessel I bring my floating ditch bag with flares, mirror, gps, epirb, waterproof vhf,water, cyalume sticks, candy bars, and a dye pack. All the electronics have lanyards on them to boot that has about 6 inches of a pool noodle to aid in floatation if I ever find myself in your situation. You guys are very lucky and had fate on your side.

Great read, great wake up call to all. Well done to all on board, and a $25 lottery ticket ta-boot :)

Kevin,
You guys made the big time. Saw it on MSNBC this morning before work. Not sure it the rest of the cable news channels will pick it up or not. I can see this being on "caught on camera" or whatever the shows are. That video could be used to buy a new boat.

Very surreal reading and watching this. I'm glad you guys are all ok. I don't know what else to say. Thank God.

Re-read the thread and watched the short & long videos. You guys were fortunate and once in the situation, smart AND fortunate. I am very happy not to be going to services for anyone this week.

Good call on using your experience to help others that may not be so lucky.

We should probably put together a big safety brief / debrief for boating and one for shore over the next couple of weeks. We need to stress this more me thinks!