saved fisherman after losing boat

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Portable regrigerator, then goes on to say water cooler, I thought that what we have in our offices, and just think, they get paid for that. The individual EPIRB will be on my wish list when I start more cruising, since my brother in law gave me the boat EPIRB for Christmas. Good item to have when your away from the boat.
 
It looked like the larger boat EBIRP. It barely fit in his hand.
 
I kinda like the concept. Think I'll now refer to my beer coolers as "portable refrigerators". :mrgreen: eh
 
"water police"? :? :roll: Guess one doesn't need a brain to be a talking head.

The E-pirb more than paid for itself today.
 
Remember, this was not on our shore. Australia, and the boat owner knew EPIRB was the first thing to grab, and he called the cooler an "Icy", local for what we call a "cooler".

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Water Police is the correct term for those guys in Australia. Pretty good chance the "refrigerator" description came from the Australian version of the story, too.
 
My cousin married an Aussie after she was a doughnut dolly in Viet Nam. Heck, they even have their steering wheels on the "wrong" side of the car. They must think they are at the helm of a C-Dory.....LOL.
 
TyBoo":1e3jg4ul said:
Water Police is the correct term for those guys in Australia. Pretty good chance the "refrigerator" description came from the Australian version of the story, too.
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The link take one to an American news desk who hands of to another American reporter who calls it a "portable refrigerator" in one place and a "water cooler" in another place in the same breath.

Don't know but maybe it was Fox News :? where "we tell it like it is and you can sort it out" :)

The original Australian reporter, in talking with one of the fathers was told, "We threw the Icy overboard to have something to float with". He did that and grabbed the EPIRB while the other father was getting the boys into PFD's. It's all in the translation, and they did the right thing. They were seeing black smoke from the engine compartment.

I'm just telling it like I saw it, and you all can sort it out yourselves :lol:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
I have never seen a news person that has any smarts. Maybe that is why the are reading the news. They always report things that simply do not add up. I am sure they never went to common sense school. :lol:
 
El and I were on a fishing boat, east of those waters, off the south coast of New Zealand. Cold rough waters in that Great Southern Ocean. Smoke suddenly poured from the engine room - we were in the pilot house at the time - skipper gave El the helm, engine now dead and dead helm - gave me the radio - and headed below. I called "Mayday," the standard three times, and held for an answer. El held the helm steady - seas were very high, winds strong, and we were drifting down onto a rocky reef 50 yards downwind with breaking surf across most of the reef.

No one answered the 'mayday' so I called again. Silence. El and I talked - "when she strikes, we leave the pilot house, head to the stern, slide into the water atop a wave, stay close to each other, and swim our best to the rocks and land between the waves if we can."

Called the 'mayday' again - crackling static. Ten yards or so from striking, engine coughed and caught. El spun the helm and slowly gave her throttle and we turned out to sea. When the ashen-faced skipper returned to the pilot house, he said they were "damned lucky to get the fire out and the engine wiring wasn't damaged." We told him we were about to leave the helm, if we struck, and he said "you probably would have been the only ones with a chance to survive. No life jackets or life boats and none of the crew aboard (including the skipper) can swim."

Those guys in Australia were mighty lucky the police boat was handy, they had the epirb, and they could stay afloat with the cooler - that water in the Great Southern Ocean is cold and rough. We empathize after our close call.
 
I think I've read every word El and Bill have ever written. Sure enjoy your adventures. Thanks for sharing..


H :lol:
 
This thread makes much out of what is assumed to be a cooler and not a "portable refrigerator." The two do look very much alike, but at the very end of the video is that the fan-exhaust port of a portable refrigerator showing on the item in question?
 
This thread makes much out of what is assumed to be a cooler and not a "portable refrigerator." The two do look very much alike, but at the very end of the video is that the fan-exhaust port of a portable refrigerator showing on the item in question?
 
I think it is a wheeled cooler and that is one of the wheels. It shows several times in the video, and at one point you can see the pull handle.

Bill, Great story, thanks for sharing. NO PFD's :roll: :oops:

Harvey
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