Five anglers drowned
Submitted by carnarvonite on Tue, 2010-05-11 23:20
Sad to hear that 5 people were washed off the rocks and drowned over east. From what the report said that they were mostly from one family.
Bad enough that one chap got drowned down south but five is a tragedy.
deepwater
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not good,not good at all
not good,not good at all
jeff
DieHard
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Terribly! and they were
Terribly!
and they were experienced as well they had been fishing there for 5 years.
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Rudog
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Date Joined: 02/11/09
Not too experienced, obviously.
No life jackets, no cleats, no ropes, no hi-vis gear, worst conditions for some time.
Unfortunately it was almost inevitable that at least one of them were going in. Says a lot for preparation, and paying attention to the conditions, all the time.
Sad, yes, but it should serve to remind the rest of us to take a little extra care...
ody
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Hi Ya, What I couldn't
Hi Ya,
What I couldn't believe was that, while the guys were recovering bodies, other people are standing in almost waist deep water fishing - from the same rock!!!
Cheers.