Salmon charter boat sinks on Lake Michigan

I was on the Lake 2 1/2 miles from Jason (Captain of the boat that sank) when it happened. It went from 1-3 footers to 6-8 in 5 minutes and built to 10-13 footers before we could get in. It was solid 10 footers in the matter of 20 minutes. I was talking to the coasties and the winds were recorded up to 77 miles an hour from the south east. It took me almost 1 1/2 hours to go 6 miles back to the harbor in my 10 meter. We took 3 waves over the transom that filled the deck with a foot of water just trying to get the boat turned. I wish the waves were 6 footers because that would have been lady's day compared to what we went through. Thank god there were no small boats in the area that that cell came through.

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