Hi Gene,

...could have possibly capsized, although it will be difficult to determine at this point whether or not there actually was water in the ballast tanks...

Lots of confusion about this story so far... But, I find it hard to imagine how a legitimate rental outfit could be in full compliance with the law, renting a boat in San Diego with New Jersey registration numbers, coupled with an expiration sticker from the state of Indiana... If this was indeed a rental, I suspect somebody is gonna be in deep shit going forward...

This from a set of pics of the boat posted by DA-WOODY, over on Sailing Anarchy...

best regards,

Jon