Boz

That's one of the true beauties of living in Florida. We can break stuff all year 'round.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A fishing boat sank in rough seas off New Jersey on Tuesday morning, killing at least two people and leaving four missing in the icy ocean as relatives gathered at the water's edge to pray for their safe return. One crew member was already dead and a second was critically ill when rescuers arrived where the Lady Mary — a 71-foot scallop boat based at Cape May in southern New Jersey and owned by a North Carolina man — sank with seven people aboard about 75 miles off the coast. The second crew member died later Tuesday. A third crew member was conscious and alert when he was plucked with the other two from the water by a helicopter. Two helicopters, an airplane and two boats swept a 225-square-mile area of the Atlantic Ocean for the remaining people. All seven crew members were wearing cold-water survival suits, the Coast Guard said, but it was not clear how long they could hold out in the 40-degree water, with the air temperature at 33 degrees. At the dock where the Lady Mary was based, about two dozen relatives and friends of the fishermen held hands and prayed. "God, we pray for a miracle," said Marcia Janifer, whose sister is engaged to Roy Smith Jr., one of the men she said was missing Tuesday afternoon. She described Smith Jr. as "shy but funny." Smith's father, Roy Smith Sr. of Bayboro, N.C., owned the boat, said Clara Burkhardt, office manager of the Cold Springs Fish and Supplies, which bought seafood from the elder Smith. He was on his way from home to Cape May by Tuesday afternoon, she said. An hour after receiving a transmission at 7:30 a.m. from an emergency radio beacon, a Coast Guard helicopter found three crew members in the water near an empty life raft bobbing in the ocean. They were taken to a hospital, where one was pronounced dead and a second died later, the Coast Guard said. The third rescued crew member was able to tell authorities that all seven members of the crew donned lifesaving suits "and abandoned ship" for a reason he didn't specify, said Petty Officer Andrew Kendrick. Waves were 4 to 7 feet high when the boat sank, Kendrick said. Searching for the missing boaters were two helicopters and an airplane from Coast Guard stations in Elizabeth City, N.C., and Atlantic City, as well two boats from Cape May. Cape May trails only Gloucester, Mass., on the East Coast in terms of tons of fish brought ashore each year, Mayor Edward Mahaney said. Commercial fishermen all know they could be lost at sea someday, Janifer said. "It is a known possibility," she said. "They are well aware of the danger you could get in out there." ——— Associated Press writer Samantha Henry in Trenton and Geoff Mulvihill in Cape May contributed to this report.

You mean to tell me that nobody else saw the promo message on the sides of the Goodyear blimp on its worldwide tour?

See?? I told ya Wiley seemed to like the idea!! 2009 Miami Boat Show Photos now has its own new home! Okay, Ludicrous; hang up the fishing rods and break out the pix.

I use Photobucket to store some of my pix. When you upload your pix, it gives you five or six different options as far as resizing. Since I shoot many pix at 8 or 10 mp, I downsize most of them to 640x480 for posting purposes. And it IS a freebie.

I'll stick my neck out here and say that maybe.....just MAYBE.... Wiley likes that idea, too.

You're just a glutton for punishment, aren't you? Personally, I think it's a great idea. Maybe it's just my 'puter, but the pix seem to take forever to load on.... another site. Go for it!

979 last time I looked....

I'm with ya, Joe...

re: the one posted by Ludicrous, that'll buff out.

Ludicrous: "I don't understand; the listing on eBay said this was supposed to be a Winslow canopied coastal liferaft".

Could you guys PLEASE send some of that "liquid sunshine" up my way? I don't think my grass is supposed to sound like shredded wheat when I walk on it.

Adding my two cents worth ~~ Count me among those who would like to see this site be a Politics Free Zone

As of about a minute ago, it's SPRING! No more winter! {Like that matters to us Floridians!} Fire up the engines and get out there and FISH!

Ludicrous just proved what I've always suspected - - he's a weenie.

Not much. But I agree with your choice - - # 1

Key West, Feb 09

Has ROLLO TOMASSI found this place yet?

Now, just wait a dadblamed minute.... You mean this site has moderators who have NAMES ????? How revolutionary!

Exactly how I found it. {PostOpus on THaT other site....}