Man, 69, missing after his boat capsizes in Flaming Gorge

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[RockyRaab]

One can just imagine that man, "Life jacket? I ain't wearin' no damn life jacket!"

I wonder how many gravestones might feature that quote?
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[kandersonSLC]

This is . We were at Sheep Creek yesterday when terrific wind gusts kicked up around 2:00 so we bailed. Glad we did.

As Tube Dude told me once, unworn life jackets are only good for marking the location of the body.
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[wiper_junkie]

Sad news for sure. It just makes me wonder why folks would take such a small and under powered boat on such big water that is notorious for high winds. Yet I've seen it countless times.
One time at Sand Hollow my father and I were pulling off due to high winds, and there was a guy in one of those 8ft? Coleman "water troughs" with an electric motor preparing to take off into the wind and 2 ft waves with his wife and infant child! My first thought was that we'll be reading about this in the paper! Hopefully he decided against it. Be careful in those smaller boats folks.... it doesn't take much to flip them over. Fred K.
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[RangerRat]

I had just left there at 1:00 yesterday and the winds were gusting really strong. That size boat has no right being on the water in those conditions. Especially without a life jacket on. PS, The fishing stunk all 5 days. Our total catch was 3 smalls, 2 rainbows and 5 kokes.
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[mtncat1]

it's very that happened that's no way to go. in a boat that small you better wear a life jacket at all times. a fish is not worth anyone's life. when I was younger I went to Yellowstone lake with a girl friends family, I remember that at that time they had just changed the regulations. prior to that if your boat was under a certain size you couldn't go out past a certain distance from shore. maybe they should revisit those type of laws. but then again you can't legislate common cents. it's till very though.
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