Off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Whale watching vessel sinks off Tofino, B.C., with fatalities - British Columbia - CBC News
Whale watching vessel sinks off Tofino, B.C., with fatalities - British Columbia - CBC News
Not good.
Wonder what the seas were like, as the boat looks a bit top heavy.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/740L2ue8z2I/maxresdefault.jpg
Tofino water taxi reported 3-4 metre swells, no wind.
Not good.
Wonder what the seas were like, as the boat looks a bit top heavy.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/740L2ue8z2I/maxresdefault.jpg
Wonder if circumstances were similar?
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/2009/m09w0147/m09w0147.pdf
Jim
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Once again, as was the case with the Queen of the North ferry sinking, we have the First Nations people to thank for preventing greater human loss.
Here's a 12 foot sea
There is a big difference between 10-12' wind driven waves a 10-12' long period swells on a clam day.
Journalist on Twitter reports 14 missing, but local news is reporting 22 accounted for, so 5 missing.
Or worse, thrown to one side from an abnormally large wave.