2 men missing of two rocks

 just seen the 7 news 2 men missing since 7.30am apparently an epirb was set of, 3 choppers and sea rescue. a friend has said a ambo has just left the marina so they may have been found.

 

only bought there boat yesterday aswell


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  They were just saying on

Mon, 2014-09-01 15:04

  

They were just saying on the radio , both were suffering burns and unfortunately one of them isn’t too good .. apparently only just brought the tub yesterday as well .. 
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Sad

Mon, 2014-09-01 17:55

 Was out there today off two rocks, reality kicked in seeing the news when I got home, happens too quickly. Hope the guy makes it. Cheers

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 My prayers are with the

Mon, 2014-09-01 18:24

 My prayers are with the family's involved and really hope the guy in hospital can pull through tonight..

 

just watched the news they didn't say much on how they got burnt. Wouldn't think just fuel in the water would do this..

If that's the case you learn something new everyday.

 

 

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From the west.com

Tue, 2014-09-02 11:19

 

The men had hypothermia and chemical-type burns to their backs and legs and were taken to Two Rocks marina.

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Apparently

Mon, 2014-09-01 19:49

Apparently was due to the fuel vapours in the water according to CH7 tonight?

Hope all pull through!

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And why did the EPIRB fail after only 40 minutes

Tue, 2014-09-02 10:48

Would really like the story on that part of the issue - really feel for the families as the delays caused by it's failure might well have made a huge difference to the outcome -  what brand and why ??

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It could be the EPIRB wasn't

Tue, 2014-09-02 11:13

It could be the EPIRB wasn't unstrapped from it's holder so when the boat went under it ended up at the bottom of the ocean too which the boat shouldn't do with positive bouyancy unless it's an old boat before those requirements came in

 

Makes me wonder how my thunderbird would go if it took on water

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 They hadn't transfered

Tue, 2014-09-02 11:17

 They hadn't transfered ownership of epirb either so they rang previous owner who relayed info about who had bought boat

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they said epirb went down with the boat

Tue, 2014-09-02 15:22

hope he's ok

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 I also hope all is well and

Tue, 2014-09-02 19:17

 I also hope all is well and send best wishes to the family, I was out there as well and the weather report was far from what it was supposed to be, this is not the first time the report has been seriously incorrect forTwoRocks.

The media also need to take some responsibility for the comment that it was good conditions with only 1 meter of swell, the wind chop was more than a meter.