3 Men missing off Woodmans Point ..
Submitted by chris raff on Wed, 2014-02-05 11:07
Hopefully their ok ..
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/21278959/search-for-three-fishermen-boat/
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Tradewind
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Made my stomach drop,
Made my stomach drop, something like this really does touch too close to home
Sincerely hope they're found alive and well
Tradewind
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Phew they just found them
Phew they just found them near to Rottnest by the Shark Patrol Helo
All three alive with Mild Hypothermia but no sign of their boat
Ocean was generous this time
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thew
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/21278959/rescue-chopper-finds-missing-fishermen/
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chris raff
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Lucky Boys .. be interesting
Lucky Boys .. be interesting and beneficial for others to know the details as to how they come to grief etc.. I wonder if we'll hear the story ?
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Jason P
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Would be interesting,
Would be interesting, guessing the boat sank being not found.
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thew
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/21278959/rescue-chopper-finds-missing-fishermen/
They left at Woodmans 5am , ended up at Stragglers, WTF!
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beau
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Left woodies 5pm yesterday.
Left woodies 5pm yesterday.
Iceman
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Time reported
Makes you wonder why they were not reported missing until 7.30am this morning if they were due back at 10pm last night.
This just goes to show the importance of logging on with your local sea rescue group. If they had not returned by the expected ETA procedures are in place to locate them. Radio calls made, phones called and check made to see if trailer still in car park. Within a certain amount of time a search would commence. If they had logged on with Fremantle or Cockburn sea rescue and they knew there rough locatioon they would have been found last night. We have state of the art equipment (FLIR cameras) on all our vessels allowing us to search at night.
The other question is did they have an EPIRB and why was it not activated.
They are very lucky
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Tradewind
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I think a lot of us would
I think a lot of us would like to know why there was time to get the lifejackets but not the EPIRB or make a mobile or UHF/VHF distress call
I can only imagine it all happened extremely quickly and they were lucky enough to get the lifejackets or they floated up
They did the right thing of staying together for warmth and an easier target to see
Swompa
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Some people wear jackets when
Some people wear jackets when offshore all the time. Would be a smart move at night.
Tradewind
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After this event i'll
After this event i'll consider doing just that for night fishing
Bodie
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I would like to know what
I would like to know what everyone elses process is with logging on with Sea rescue.
I know two rocks is not manned until 7am from memory, and a lot of people leave well before that time. Heading out wide also means crap mobile reception.
Are other sea rescue groups manned earlier?
Iceman
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Whitfords
We (Whitfords Sea Rescue) operate 24 hrs 365 days a year radio coverage.
If calling from Two Rocks wait until about 500mtrs offshore before calling.
27mhz may struggle but VHF will be fine.
If you still can't get us then call the tower on 94013757 to leave your details etc.
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Bodie
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Thanks mate, good to know.
Thanks mate, good to know. Number in my phone. What channel are you on?
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Alan James
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Details here Bodie
http://www.whitfordssearescue.org.au/radio_network.php
uncle
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a few things not done correctly here
not a very nice way to spend the night, not something I want to experience, hope it comes out what went wrong as we all can learn from it
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the fact the skipper was 79
the fact the skipper was 79 yrs old makes ya think wtf ...haha crazy old fella...poor old bugger. Safe now that's all that matters. Hope the details of what went wrong come out
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Lots of assumptions The
Lots of assumptions
The newspaper said that it wend down qiickly and did mot have time to activate.
Probably wearing their life jackets.
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Very lucky boys.
Very lucky boys.
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tangles
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brucey!
I bet ya brucey woulda been sniffing round too hehe!
uncle
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bruceys dead
according to farce book
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good they're all safe!
I went through that exact area last night on the way in at around 7.30pm ..... didnt see anything but without flares its hard in the dark!
All ended well!!
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Sea rescue membership .. just
Sea rescue membership .. just pulled my finger out and actually joined . If you haven't here's the link for Freo .
https://www.searescue.com.au/joinus.php
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Whitfords
Here's the link for Whitfords.
http://www.whitfordssearescue.org.au/membership.php
The benefit of joining is that we have all your details available so that if you are overdue we know where to contact you and you vessel details
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