Australian sailor rescued after spending hours clinging to a beacon in the middle of the ocean David Matthews
An Australian sailor was rescued after he fell off his yacht and and clung to a beacon in the middle of the ocean for several hours.
David Simpson, 64, was boating in the Coral Sea, off the eastern coast of Australia, when a wave hit his vessel, tossing him overboard.
Simpson was unable to catch up with the boat which floated away. However, he was able to swim about a half mile to a beacon and wait for a wave to push him up to its ladder which he held onto for hours waiting for rescue.
Man falls off boat, clings to water beacon for three hours
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Dec. 30 (UPI) An Australian man who was thrown off his boat by a strong wave was brought safely back to shore after swimming a half a mile to a water beacon and waiting three hours for rescue.
David Simpson, 64, said he was on his boat off the coast of Caloundra, Queensland, when he was knocked into the water by a large wave while trying to secure the rope securing the vessel s dinghy.
Advertisement The wave hit the side of the boat and I was trying to secure the dinghy, which had come a little bit adrift, and a rope broke holding the dinghy, Simpson told 9News.
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