Two fishermen swim to shore after vessel sinks
Submitted by bleicester on Wed, 2015-10-14 12:12
Just a reminder to stay safe out there lads.
Without any further info it's hard to understand their line of thought to swim over 1km to shore at 3am instead of raising the alarm. Presumably the radio was underwater but why not activate the EPIRB and sit tight on the upturned hull of the boat with para flares ready? I'm not dissing the guys and am glad they got back safe. Just trying to learn from the experience in the off chance I ever find myself in the same situation.
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axey45
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Dont whether to swim or
Dont whether to swim or stay, either way risky but safer with boat i would say, just lucky they made it back with no bits missing. Fark that swim would be fast!
Iceman
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Stay with the boat
The recommendation is you stay with the boat. A lot easier to see that 2 heads in the water. They were lucky no one ran over them.
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uncle
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Yeah wonder what the problem was
Hit something, hull split?? Bet they were glad to hit shore
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Swompa
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Don't know how you would go
Don't know how you would go turtle out there with next to no swell? Rope around prop or hit the rock?
Dale
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A wave hit them.
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Swompa
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A wave in the ocean. Don't be
A wave in the ocean. Don't be ridiculous?
Dale
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No joke, it's true, that what ABC were saying yesterday morning, a rogue wave got em.
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DTrain
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I wonder how many of these
I wonder how many of these "rogue waves" are really people drifting over shallow reef where waves are breaking.
meglodon
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I'd like to hear full story
I would like to hear from them the full story of how it happened, you can always learn from some one else's experience.
ranmar850
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Ahh, rogue waves
I hate that F**in term, journalistic laziness. In my experience, a rogue wave is just the one you didn't allow for in your totally inadequate assessment of what the ocean is doing on the day.
Swompa
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Ding Ding Ding Ding. I call
Ding Ding Ding Ding.
I call rogue wave's sneaky bastards and they generally pop up when I am in the wrong spot or not paying attention...
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Rogue wave
A rogue wave is the one that hits you when you are in the wrong spot at the right time------for the wave that is!!!!!