Major stuff up
3 blokes arrived in Canarvon at 1500, launched the boat an hour later and headed off to Bernier Island [didn't log on to sea rescue].
At approx 0530 sea resce got a phone call from one of the blokes wives saying she got a text at around 0230 saying the boat was sinking but they were all ok, thing is she didn't hear the message come through and only noticed it when she got up.
Seems they anchored the boat and went to sleep on the island [no camping or sleeping allowed on Bernier, Koks or Dorre Islands] and during the night the winds as forecast increased from the east and the boat dragged anchor and finished up on the beach full of water.
The boys from sea rescue took off around 0700, taking a pump with them but due to conditions weren't able to use it. They brought the three blokes back with them leaving the boat to be salvaged yesterday by a commercial operator.
Another lesson to be learnt about checking forecasts, logging on to sea rescue and choosing where you plan to moor up as the east side of the islands offer no protection from the wind and waves in anything from east to north east winds and Red Cliff bay and Hospital bay the only ones with SE winds
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dmck
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expensive learning curve....
I bet their next trips are better planned!
D_d_001
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3 blokes walk into a
3 blokes walk into a bar......
the whole thing sounds like a joke but of course deadly serious. Skipper endangering himself his mates and sea rescue. PP&P P PPP
sea-kem
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I saw this report on the
I saw this report on the Carnarvon sea rescue page John, very lucky boys.
You weren't wrong about the flies lol.
Love the West!
carnarvonite
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Flies
Don't say you weren't warned', bloody things are in plague proportions'
Where is your report?
sea-kem
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Coming mate, was an epic
Coming mate, was an epic trip.
Love the West!
Faulkner Family
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def lucky . could have been
def lucky . could have been a whole lot worse. boat and gear can be replace but the humility of such incidents will live with these guys .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
scotto
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I thought
i thought this post was going to be a Collingwood supporters whinge over Saturday’s game
black gen
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These wouldn’t happen to be
These wouldn’t happen to be the blokes who run a particular spearfishing website would it?
scotto
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Oooooohhh
just noticed they’re all wearin cammo wetties!
doooo tell!
carnarvonite
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Think so
Not sure but someone said it was them
stricko
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But did they get any fish
But did they get any fish
carnarvonite
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Don't Know
Don'k know but don't think so. They left Carnarvon at 1600 and would have taken them around an hour across to Berneir, time they unloaded their gear it would have been nearly dark.
Not sure on what it would have cost for Bruce to run across in his charter boat to salvage their boat but it wouldn't have been cheap so hope their insurance pays for it
meglodon
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OOOH dear
Time to go and buy a lotto ticket lucky no one hurt.