mangomick
15-12-2008, 01:34 PM
It’s funny how the holiday season brings the idiots out of the wood work, and on to the water.
We came across five young blokes on Temple Island at Cape Palmerston on the week-end.
Boat got completely submerged when they went off and left boat poorly anchored.
They had one life jacket luckily and by waving that it was just enough to attract our attention.
They weren’t carrying any paddles, bailing buckets, flares,radio or V sheet. Mobile phones don’t get real good reception in the area.
The only bucket was a viewing bucket which was a 20 litre bucket with a clear perspex glued in the arse. It arse fell out as soon as they started to use it.
Cape Palmerston is an area of the central Queensland coast where the high tides can reach 6 metres. This week-end they were over 6.2 metres. You can imagine the run in the water.
When we got there they looked like they were trying to push a boat full of water up the beach so they could drain it,with no chance at all. They really didn’t have a clue
I got them to tip the water out of the boat sideways turn the nose out to sea and then bail out the rest.
I guess they could have sat under a tree for a few hours till the tide dropped then pull the bungs out.
We towed them back to the mainland to their 4WD and trailer and hoped they just learnt a few lessons in common sense.
Unfortunately I doubt it.
I hope when your kids go out with their mates for a week-end away they have enough sense to carry and stow their safety gear properly and think about the consequences of their actions.
But then thinking back to when I was younger ;D
We came across five young blokes on Temple Island at Cape Palmerston on the week-end.
Boat got completely submerged when they went off and left boat poorly anchored.
They had one life jacket luckily and by waving that it was just enough to attract our attention.
They weren’t carrying any paddles, bailing buckets, flares,radio or V sheet. Mobile phones don’t get real good reception in the area.
The only bucket was a viewing bucket which was a 20 litre bucket with a clear perspex glued in the arse. It arse fell out as soon as they started to use it.
Cape Palmerston is an area of the central Queensland coast where the high tides can reach 6 metres. This week-end they were over 6.2 metres. You can imagine the run in the water.
When we got there they looked like they were trying to push a boat full of water up the beach so they could drain it,with no chance at all. They really didn’t have a clue
I got them to tip the water out of the boat sideways turn the nose out to sea and then bail out the rest.
I guess they could have sat under a tree for a few hours till the tide dropped then pull the bungs out.
We towed them back to the mainland to their 4WD and trailer and hoped they just learnt a few lessons in common sense.
Unfortunately I doubt it.
I hope when your kids go out with their mates for a week-end away they have enough sense to carry and stow their safety gear properly and think about the consequences of their actions.
But then thinking back to when I was younger ;D