Left this be a lesson !

[beamie]

Lots of good points here and yes things can happen very fast and always seem faster when the only thing you can see is the tower at p town.

Some things to note. If this was infact caused from a hose failure from a baitwell as has been mentioned this did not sink the boat in 4 minutes. Your situational awareness on the boat has to always be working. I have to ask myself....no one one the boat felt the boat feel more sluggish or a bit lower in the water or the bilge pumps on light never went out thus never stopped. This had to happen over the course of several minutes and when it was finally discovered it was unfortunately too late and from there all they had was 4 minutes. Fortunately there were other boats around....when usually you don't want them there.