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[FONT="]Was driving home along the Boulevard after Mt Martha around sunset tonight and noticed a tinny doing tight donuts at high speed about 500 meters offshore. Pulled over for a close look and sure enough there was no one in the tinny and a person making slow headway swimming to shore about a third of the way. Conditions where flat seas, calm. Rang 000 .....the police chopper took about 7 min to arrive and began circling....must have been out flying in the area somewhere. 10 min there was a boat from Martha Cove marina, the coastguard boat i presume, heading to the spot directed by the chopper and picked the MOB up, by then about half way to shore. Light was fading, it would have been close to dark when and if he made it to shore.[/FONT]
I was on my way down the rocks to meet him if he made it to shore when the coastguard arrived and boy was I relieved! It would have been a long cold swim
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Wow, a harrowing experience! I came here to type up tonights experience and read that. Glad it worked out well.
I Was driving home along the Boulevard after Mt Martha around sunset tonight and noticed a tinny doing tight donuts at high speed about 500 meters offshore. Pulled over for a close look and sure enough there was no one in the tinny and a person making slow headway swimming to shore about a third of the way. Conditions where flat seas, calm. Rang 000 .....the police chopper took about 7 min to arrive and began circling....must have been out flying in the area somewhere. 10 min there was a boat from Martha Cove marina, the coastguard boat i presume, heading to the spot directed by the chopper and picked the MOB up, by then about half way to shore. Light was fading, it would have been close to dark when and if he made it to shore.
I was on my way down the rocks to meet him if he made it to shore when the coastguard arrived and boy was I relieved! It would have been a long cold swimWithout freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.Comment
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The rain has started so all hatches are closed except for top washboard. On duty tomorrow but should only be in the river. The bar is likely to be dangerous.Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.Comment
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I don't know as I didn't have my binocs and it was getting dark. I usually carry the binocs everywhere. After he was picked up they went back to the tinny and circled it a few times. I'm thinking they fouled the prop with a rope as after a bit of mucking about around the tinny the engine stopped. I headed back to the car, my coopers stout and bag of chips at that point as obviously he must have been ok, they weren't in a hurry to get him back to shore. There where a couple of ambos waiting at the Safety Beach boat ramp pier as I drove past.Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci.
If war is the answer........... it must be a profoundly stupid question.
"Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay, One of these days we're going to sail away"
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci.
If war is the answer........... it must be a profoundly stupid question.
"Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay, One of these days we're going to sail away"
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Some of you might recall I mentioned my sister having a drama at sea a few months back. I didn’t realise she put up a blog post about it: http://oldshoesnewpath.com/2019/02/2...heroes-abound/
Looks like it was a pretty big sea.
Regards,
John.
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Some of you might recall I mentioned my sister having a drama at sea a few months back. I didn’t realise she put up a blog post about it: http://oldshoesnewpath.com/2019/02/2...heroes-abound/
Looks like it was a pretty big sea.
Regards,
John.
However from my experience of being towed across the Clarence river bar with WB stern partially submerged and water pouring over her stern while being followed by breakers , its not an experience I care to repeat.Comment
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She’s always had a way with words. Sometimes they’re even true.
In this case they are certainly true, the experience was so traumatic I am sure they won’t sail again.
Some parts she left out. The freighter brought them alongside and tried to have them climb a rope ladder. Impossible, and the mast swung over and smashed the spreaders, leaving them fearing that the rig might come down. It’s a 50’ yacht, so it’s a serious rig. The hull also took a beating from the side of the freighter. Then the crew of the freighter let the line lengthen and the boat moved aft, leaving my sister, on the helm, in danger of the ship’s screw, so hubby cut the line... She described being confronted by this towering prop, thinking she was going right into it.
She stayed at the helm with an injured ankle, and hubby handled the foredeck, with injured ribs. She told us he was repeatedly covered in green water and she was amazed each time that he was still aboard. The line from the freighter kept breaking, and gathering and cleating on a new one each time was an exhausting process, having to hook the huge line and haul it in, then cleat it. Much of this was at night. Hubby has reached epic status in her eyes, as you can imagine. He’s a big guy, but how he kept going is beyond comprehension. I guess the two young sons downstairs would be the reason.
She said when they anchored finally the crap on the cabin sole was a foot deep, including spilled rubbish.
Horrible experience. Will make a good book.
Regards,
John.Comment
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