boat sank off exmouth in wild storm on 19 may
yeah, as many have heard, I lost my boat on the night of the sunday, a long story so i wont go into it
we were camped out at Long Island, weather was pretty ordinary the week leading up to the event,
however we had a glass off day on the sunday 19th, fished the whole day, was even planning a night fish,
all that changed, when the weather changed, within 30 minutes, she was blowing 15knts, then 20 then a constant 25
wind changed direction, and the lee side of the island was no longer the lee side, wind picked up
at it s peak to 40 knots with wind gusts to 60, anchor didn't hold, and drifted away, refound new ground, and held fast
for around 7 hours, but not long enough to survice till the morning and had turned over
no damage to any part of boat, just would have copped some waves over side at some point,
weather turned extreme, no idea what the swell got to that night, but is was big,
Been an experienced boatie for well over 30 years, and knew the area and the safe anchor spots on the island really well
but given the lack of any weather forecast change, could never have anticipated what we experienced in the end,
By the sounds of some of the recent posts by some of you, there were a number of boats in trouble and gear lost
all around the exmouth region, I think we faired the worst, The guys that left the island that were heading to Broome
that got slaughtered several nights earlier, just wanted to let u know, this as well, as I know u lost a heap of gear
in that storm cell 6 days earlier.
Many thanks to Exmouth Sea Rescue who came out and got us and to teh group of 5 elderely guys on the island
who helped us as well. I got to say thanks to Fremantle Sea Rescue as well, who helped co-ordinate the initial action,
Have allways had a great respect for the sea and was well prepared, but she couldnt stand up to those winds
and conditions
Steve
Swompa
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Certainly looked like a
Certainly looked like a little bomb of a weather system came through with 160mm of rain falling. Get any pics?
uncle
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that wouldn't be fun
glad all was ok in the end,everything is replacable
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hlokk
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Was anyone on the boat
Was anyone on the boat overnight?
anextremecrowd
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on the beach
no one was on the boat, we were camped on the beach
Steve
snappermiles
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sorry to hear
theres been a fair few boats lost around the long island area over the years!
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
dodgy
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Lost Boat Found
Looks like they found it mate.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/20619114/lost-boat-drifted-4000-nautical-miles/
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
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Previous one
Going back about ten years, there was a crayboat that broke its mooring at Leeman? and wasn't seen again until it was spotted on a mooring in Madagasca where it had drifted in one night, some 12 months later. A friend of the owner recognised it while on holiday there and notified him.
Swompa
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I was looking for this
I was looking for this thread!
scotto
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WOW!
just saw this, sounds unreal!
I remember this now, the inlaws were in the national park in Exmouth when this storm cell hit, and had water come into their caravan (over 500mm above ground). they found their gas bottles a few days later, they had FLOATED off a couple of hundred meters away into the scrub!
we rang them whilst we were in Gnaraloo, just as a courtesy call to see how they were. we didn't know anything about the storm, and we didn't even get 1 drop of rain where we were!
meglodon
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Glad to hear
Glad to hear all people save, gear can be replaced your life can't.
hunterdive
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I was camped at Ningaloo
I was camped at Ningaloo Station during this and the wind and rain was intense! No sleep that night, thought the van was going to blow over. We were just off the beach wearing the brunt of it. Would not of been fun out on the water, sorry to hear about your boat
dodgy
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Not wrong. I was at the
Not wrong. I was at the Montes and it was a fairly hairy night.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Lastchance
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I heard this story on 702AM
I heard this story on 702AM this morning. Amazing story! its been an interesting year for extreme weather. We got caught late April coming home from Glomar shoal. Went from being the best conditions possible, just heading to the shack for a few beers, to being hell on water - in the dark. Took nearly 6 hours to do 22 miles and I was driving the ass off the boat. Bloody scary.
Never wanted to not be somewhere so much!