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Originally Posted by This'nThat
I suspect they were caught unawares when the wind picked up. If they went out early in the day, the winds were light -- around 4-5 mph. See the chart below for May 2, Laconia -- the winds suddenly became strong, which might have caught them by surprise.
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Thanks for posting this info...one of the men was my uncle, and I'm sure he thought he would have time to put on his lifejacket and get back to shore if the weather got too rough. Just the fact that there were lifejackets on board tells me that he and his friend were caught by surprise...it's very possible they hit thier heads when the boat capsized, too.
Thank you to everyone on this forum for your prayers and kind thoughts...our family takes great comfort from the fact that he died doing something he loved.