Even as I was reading this account early this morning, I looked up to see a small jon boat trolling a good ¼-mile from
any shore.
Jon boats are popular (particularly in the South) for sheltered bayous, slow rivers and marshes, but not for a still-chilly lake whose character can change with the weather.
As aircraft pilots know too well, it's the weather that can "do you in".
For those unfamiliar with a "jon boat", this is what a typical jon boat looks like:
But the above photo shows one that's two-feet longer than the jon boat that overturned!