I forgot to factor in wind, you'd think (hope) it would be a pretty calm day being offshore there... but maybe there was a strong breeze that was pushing his boat further away from him.4liters wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:44 amThe boat would be affected by the wind whereas a swimmer wouldn’t.Kimtown wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:22 amAm I the only one who's a bit surprised that he couldn't swim back to his boat...?
It's possible, but unlikely that his boat was anchored in 60m of water, if there was any current - which would be little if anything - he and his boat would both be drifting at somewhat similar speeds, how could he not swim back to it? What am I missing...?
He would have jumped out in fairly shallow water too, you wouldn’t be able to reach the rod in more than 10m or so.
I figured he jumped in as it immediately hit the water and tried to grab it before it sank, not dropped it then decided to go diving for it. If that were the case, you'd surely anchor and throw some fins/mask on if you had them. There's no way you can dive down 10m looking for a rod without that crap.