Coast guard has found missing boat, 1 of 4 missing boaters.

[sao123]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29454121/

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard found former University of South Florida football player Nick Schulyer clinging to an overturned boat off Florida's Gulf Coast, but they have not found NFL players Corey Smith, Marquis Cooper and one other man yet, NBC News reported.

The search continues for the other boaters.

The Coast Guard declined to identify the one survivor, but NBC News reported that it is Nick Schuyler, citing a member of the Schuyler family.

Schuyler was to be transported to Tampa General Hospital in downtown Tampa, the family said, NBC News reported. TGH is the main Trauma hospital for the Tampa Bay area.

The Coast Guard has been searching for the four men since they were reported missing early Sunday morning. As of Monday morning, they had searched 16,000 square miles off Florida's Gulf Coast.

Petty Officer Sondra-Kay Kneen said they have located a vessel Monday and "a person on that vessel."

No further details were provided.

Cooper is an Oakland Raiders linebacker. Smith is a Detroit Lions free-agent defensive end. William Bleakley and Schuyler, the other men on board, are both former University of South Florida players.

Waves had subsided to 6 to 8 feet, still enough for a small craft advisory, but considerably smaller than the 15-foot waves Sunday, National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Barron said.

Family members believed the men had lifejackets and flares on board. The Coast Guard had not received a distress signal from the men.

Cooper owns the boat, and he and Smith, who were teammates with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004, have been on fishing trips before, according to Ron Del Duca, Smith?s agent.

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said at least one of the men was an experienced boater, and relatives provided the Coast Guard with GPS coordinates from previous fishing expeditions.

The 29-year-old Smith of Richmond, Va., is 6-foot-2, 250 pounds and had 30 tackles, including three sacks, and an interception in 12 games last season for the winless Lions.

Cooper, 26, who is 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, has spent five seasons with five different teams, appearing in 26 games with the Buccaneers in 2004 and 2005, but playing sparingly since. He grew up in Gilbert, Ariz., and his father Bruce is a prominent sportscaster for KPNX-TV in Phoenix.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: sao123
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29454121/

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said at least one of the men was an experienced boater, and relatives provided the Coast Guard with GPS coordinates from previous fishing expeditions.

The 29-year-old Smith of Richmond, Va., is 6-foot-2, 250 pounds and had 30 tackles

Not trying to make light of the situation or anything, but the 30 tackles confused me. I am like, "who cares how many fishing tackles they were carrying".

This is not looking good.

 

[rasczak]

i am hoping for the best, best expecting the worst. especially considering the boat has been found with only one person. 🙁

 

[Squisher]

Imagine not letting yourself fall asleep, clinging to a boat, or you are a goner from Saturday until Monday morning.

Open water in a 21 foot boat is full of fail even if it is the Cadillac of 21 footers.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: sao123
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29454121/

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said at least one of the men was an experienced boater, and relatives provided the Coast Guard with GPS coordinates from previous fishing expeditions.

The 29-year-old Smith of Richmond, Va., is 6-foot-2, 250 pounds and had 30 tackles

Not trying to make light of the situation or anything, but the 30 tackles confused me. I am like, "who cares how many fishing tackles they were carrying".

This is not looking good.

lol...

 

[sao123]

I took a boat ride from marco Island to key west, and even on a calm day, the 5 foot waves were plenty rough for the 100 foot boat we road on.

9-15 foot waves for a 21 foot boat...
yea thats some dangerous shiz there.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Maybe they were having sex with prostitutes and didn't want to get caught 🙁

 

[spidey07]

Hopefully they had jackets on. If not then it won't end well. 15 foot seas spells major trouble for a boat that size.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Hopefully they had jackets on. If not then it won't end well. 15 foot seas spells major trouble for a boat that size.

probably not or they would have found them with the boat...

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Imagine not letting yourself fall asleep, clinging to a boat, or you are a goner from Saturday until Monday morning.

Open water in a 21 foot boat is full of fail even if it is the Cadillac of 21 footers.

I was in the Gulf in a 28 footer with 5-7 foot seas and it was horrible. I can't imagine 15 foot seas on a 21 ft boat.

 

[techs]

I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

Well yea... because the college olympic size swimming pool mimics the gulf of mexico so accurately...


:|


Maybe you should watch "the guardian" and get a clue.

 

[Baked]

30 miles off the coast. What good would life jackets do if they're just floating around out there. Probably got swallowed by killer whales.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

I can't speak for these guys specifically, but black people are known for not swimming.
http://www.google.com/search?q...t&rls=com.google:en-US

It's a stereotype, but most stereotypes have some basis in reality.


Here's another case of an NFL player drowning because he tried to save 3 kids when he couldn't swim himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Delaney

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

Well yea... because the college olympic size swimming pool mimics the gulf of mexico so accurately...


:|


Maybe you should watch "the guardian" and get a clue.

I'm not sure the Gulf of Mexico is roughly equatable with the seas off Alaska's coast.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

I can't speak for these guys specifically, but black people are known for not swimming.
http://www.google.com/search?q...t&rls=com.google:en-US

It's a stereotype, but most stereotypes have some basis in reality.


Here's another case of an NFL player drowning because he tried to save 3 kids when he couldn't swim himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Delaney

The ability to swim in a swimming pool isnt going to help you survive 15 foot waves for 3 days.
if they are alive, its because of their emergency flotation devices, not because of any swimming ability.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: Baked
30 miles off the coast. What good would life jackets do if they're just floating around out there. Probably got swallowed by killer whales.

Yup. Those big football players must've looked like one of these to the whales.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

Well yea... because the college olympic size swimming pool mimics the gulf of mexico so accurately...


:|


Maybe you should watch "the guardian" and get a clue.

Notice how the Olympic swimmers tend to very lean? It is harder for a large, muscle bound person to swim efficiently, especially for longer distances.

 

[Zebo]

They should be fine with warm Atlantic waters as long as they have a flotation device.

In the Pacific they would be dead of hypothermia by now.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

Well yea... because the college olympic size swimming pool mimics the gulf of mexico so accurately...


:|


Maybe you should watch "the guardian" and get a clue.

Notice how the Olympic swimmers tend to very lean? It is harder for a large, muscle bound person to swim efficiently, especially for longer distances.

well not to disagree with the stereotype again...but

the family claims that cooper is a "powerful" swimmer.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29454121/

Ray Sanchez of Tampa, a cousin of Cooper, said he was told the men were together ?for a good period of time? after the boat flipped. He said the family was confident the Coast Guard would find them.

?My cousin?s a powerful swimmer,? he said.

The water temperature in the area was 68 degrees. After 18 hours in 64-degree water, hypothermia will set in, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class James Harless. How long someone can survive depends on how big the person is, he said. Cooper is 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, and Smith, 6-foot-2, 250 pounds.

 

[moparacer]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: sao123
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29454121/

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close said at least one of the men was an experienced boater, and relatives provided the Coast Guard with GPS coordinates from previous fishing expeditions.

The 29-year-old Smith of Richmond, Va., is 6-foot-2, 250 pounds and had 30 tackles

Not trying to make light of the situation or anything, but the 30 tackles confused me. I am like, "who cares how many fishing tackles they were carrying".

This is not looking good.

lol...

Always count on ATOT for a good chuckle after a bad day......

Hope they find those guys........

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: techs
I'm guessing those guys didn't spend much time in the pool in college.

how do you figure?

Football players tend to be found in the weight room.

Well yea... because the college olympic size swimming pool mimics the gulf of mexico so accurately...


:|


Maybe you should watch "the guardian" and get a clue.

Get a clue by watching a movie...

*BRAIN EXPLODES*

 

[DayLaPaul]

Haha you caught that too.