Small Boat Sinking into the Depths

Just speculating as I wasn’t there. Thankfully.

Looks like two people crab fishing. Which is where you lay down small wire cages that crab crawl into. You then come back later and pull the pots, which is what they are doing here. Grabbing the line with a hook and putting it in their little crane to be winched aboard.

Issue is their boat looks far too small for the waves they are in. Any time you stop in the ocean there’s a concern of waves coming over the transom. The front end is pointy and raised which is designed for waves the back isn’t. So once they noticed water coming over the back the only solution is speed. Waves in small boat may not be comfortable going faster (only need 10-15mph depending on the hull) but your far less likely to sink. Likely they just got caught up with focusing on the pots, all their go pros everywhere, and weren’t thinking they were in danger. This is pretty clear by the lack of lifejackets. But once a little water gets in the boat starts sitting lower and lower and then the issue just compounds on itself very quickly.