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Title: An amazing first-person account of a rescue at sea
Post by: Oldrig on November 14, 2008, 10:27:47 AM
Read this. It's great:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4728317a6011.html?source=RSSsouthlandtimes/headlines_20081015
Title: Re: An amazing first-person account of a rescue at sea
Post by: Tim on November 14, 2008, 11:00:13 AM
Thanks, Excellent read. 

Though we hope we are never in either one of those positions, it really helps to see how it can be done with odds against you successfully.

Maintaining calm was the key, IMHO
Title: Re: An amazing first-person account of a rescue at sea
Post by: nowell on November 14, 2008, 11:18:40 AM
Very good read! Rare are the accounts with the happy endings.
Title: Re: An amazing first-person account of a rescue at sea
Post by: Soundbounder on December 22, 2008, 12:39:53 PM
Good story!  Fortunately it ended well.