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Keith B wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:26 am

Boxerrider wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 8:46 am Looks like they got "swamped". Under the right circumstances that can happen in an instant.
The picture makes it look pretty rough - was it windy or just a lot of boat traffic? Improperly anchored maybe?

I’m with you. Looks like wakes got too big due to volume of boats and some got swamped. I’ve seen similar issues happen at shotgun-start fishing tournaments, just not at those numbers.

We used to participate in a sailboat race on Lake Travis on Memorial day. It wasn't unusual for us to have 300 boats in all different sizes which were categorized into different starts beginning at 10:00am. It wasn't too bad if there was wind but on the days where the wind was light, the big power boats would drive through our fleets and nearly swamp the smaller boats. Most bigger sailboats, because of the weights in their keels, will self-right pretty quickly. I cannot imagine being in something like a bass boat with a very low freeboard and not much forward movement in those conditions.