heard from someone who deals with the VMR. They were down off Mchaffies. Ended up high and dry and then the tide started coming back in and threw them out of the boat from waves etc.
They then radioed, set off epirb and then flares when they got close to been picked up
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Is Mchaffies that large sand bar area on the starboard side when heading down to the entrance?repspec wrote:heard from someone who deals with the VMR. They were down off Mchaffies. Ended up high and dry and then the tide started coming back in and threw them out of the boat from waves etc.
They then radioed, set off epirb and then flares when they got close to been picked up
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Headland at Ventnor.Wolly Bugger wrote:Is Mchaffies that large sand bar area on the starboard side when heading down to the entrance?repspec wrote:heard from someone who deals with the VMR. They were down off Mchaffies. Ended up high and dry and then the tide started coming back in and threw them out of the boat from waves etc.
They then radioed, set off epirb and then flares when they got close to been picked up
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That's the middle bank wolly. Mchaffies is on Phillip Island.Wolly Bugger wrote:Is Mchaffies that large sand bar area on the starboard side when heading down to the entrance?repspec wrote:heard from someone who deals with the VMR. They were down off Mchaffies. Ended up high and dry and then the tide started coming back in and threw them out of the boat from waves etc.
They then radioed, set off epirb and then flares when they got close to been picked up
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So far I know the Nav system wasn't working properly which is why they got into dangerous waters and got broadsided by a wave.. the boat in the article/link isn't his boat, they haven't even found the boat yetbarra mick wrote::banana:what was the wash upMilk man wrote:That was my next door neighbour that it happened to.. Ive spoken to his oldman but he doesn't know everything yet so don't know the full story at the moment