terrafirma 1,124 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Very sad story anyone know the boat.? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-24/search-called-off-for-missing-yachtsman/12914132 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fintho 15 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 A sobering reminder of the risk we all take whenever we go offshore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALL@SEA 279 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Nice bloke - seems he'd done a lot of dinghy sailing and crewing on larger boats. I was talking to him in the days leading up to his departure while giving my parents a hand with maintenance on their cruiser which he was berthed next to. Fintho, indeed a reality check, doesn't even have to be offshore. Watching your boat sail (drift) away would be a nightmare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,631 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 He broke strongly with superstition. Quote The 62-year-old New South Wales man left Hobart on Friday, November 13, heading for Eden on the NSW coast. Leaving on a Friday, the 13th no less. Very sad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LB 15 5,185 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Very sad for all but it beats the shit out of dying on a golf course. Or a nursing home. Sail on mate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sledracr 673 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, LB 15 said: Very sad for all but it beats the shit out of dying on a golf course. Or a nursing home. Yeah. Very sad for all. But truth be told, that's how I want to go out. Just not for a few more years.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPORTSCAR 716 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Sad news. He's the second unfortunate sailor to be lost overboard in the same vicinity this year. 2020 Sucks Bigly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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