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Ref: http://www.thewest.com.au/20020204/news/perth/tw-news-perth-home-sto42877.html
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Two cling to craypot in lucky rescue
By Jerry Pratley
TWO fishermen spent Saturday night in a 2.5m dinghy clinging to a craypot float
south-west of Rottnest after their housebrick anchor failed to stop them being
blown out to sea.
Graham Hansen and Kevin Ward, who had no radio, motor or safety gear, were
rescued at 8.30am yesterday by crayfishermen who were out pulling their pots.
Authorities say the men are lucky to be alive and are considering laying charges
because of their disregard for safety.
The two rowed out from Woodman Point about 3pm on Saturday to do some fishing.
Later they found they could not row back to shore against the wind.
A housebrick tied to a rope that they were using as an anchor would not hold
them and they lost an oar trying to get to a navigation marker.
They drifted out to sea until they reached Stragglers Rocks, 6km west of
Fremantle, where they could have stayed.
However, they opted to keep drifting and eventually grabbed the craypot float.
r Ward told Channel 10 that he realised he had a lucky escape and would not
make the same mistake again.
"It's an experience I don't want to do again," he said. "I've learnt my lesson."
r Hansen said their troubles began when the wind picked up.
"We were a few hundred metres off shore when the wind picked up," he said.
"We tried to row back in and the wind picked up even more and took us right
out."
Crayfisherman Daniel De Florenca said the two men were exhausted and it was not
an easy rescue.
"It took us about 20 minutes to get them on the boat because it was very rough
and their dinghy was very small," he said.
"We had to try to get them safely on board. We did that.
"They were very tired. They could barely stand. They were falling all over the
place."
Submitted on 02/03/02
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
The West Australian 2/4/2002
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