This needn't be a big boat, though. In the early 1990s, I had a tiny two-man fishing boat containing a small deck welded to a pair of small pontoons. I powered it with a 3-horsepower Tanaka outboard.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An apparent explosion on a fishing boat at Pier 36 on Friday ... Honolulu EMS Director Jim Ireland said two men with critical injures and one man with serious injuries ...

Two men were fishing on the vessel when it capsized ... and he was pronounced dead on the scene. The other man in the boat at the time is also from Oak Forest, officials said.