MYAG
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Blimey what an experience that was! Glad to read you came away unscathed Mike.
A Very Lucky Escape
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NormanS
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Glad that the OP was unharmed, but maybe it's not such a clever idea to swim in anchorages with boats tootling around.
DavidJ
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So pleased you're OK Mike. The news on this posting could have been so different.
Anchoring and swimming is what we do, and is what we will continue to do, maybe with a little extra vigilance following your experience.
Anchoring and swimming is what we do, and is what we will continue to do, maybe with a little extra vigilance following your experience.
MapisM
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Well, I for one would probably get rid of the boat altogether, if I couldn't use her to reach nice anchorages and swim around them.
Then again, I guess you might have reason to argue that also keeping a boat afloat isn't that clever, to start with.... :ambivalence:
Andy Bav
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Glad you are OK, a truly awful post to read, but with 818 views of this thread already positives I would take are
1. You are still OK and can tell the tale - personally I dont think I could compose myself for a few days after a shock like that, and
2. Viewers of this thread, who I am sure are careful anyway, will be even more vigilant in the water around anchorages from now on due to the fact that you have told the story, its just a shame we can't publicise it to a wider audience for safety awareness.
1. You are still OK and can tell the tale - personally I dont think I could compose myself for a few days after a shock like that, and
2. Viewers of this thread, who I am sure are careful anyway, will be even more vigilant in the water around anchorages from now on due to the fact that you have told the story, its just a shame we can't publicise it to a wider audience for safety awareness.
Pinnacle
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Delighted to hear that you and the rest of your party are all ok. It must have been a horrible experience for you.
kashurst
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impressed you didn´t &hit yourself, I nearly did just reading it. As Deleted User says idiots everywhere.
Bubblegtt
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Gave me goosepimples reading what happened!
Glad that you were unhurt and lived to tell the tale. I bet that you have one or two more grey hairs now though.
If your story helps people be more aware of swimmers and it saves just one life, then thank you for posting.
Glad that you were unhurt and lived to tell the tale. I bet that you have one or two more grey hairs now though.
If your story helps people be more aware of swimmers and it saves just one life, then thank you for posting.
rbcoomer
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Blimey Mike - 2nd buying a lottery ticket as it was clearly your lucky day! 
Perhaps you should have dragged him into the water for a reciprocal 'fly-by'? Observation is key much like on the roads and it seems your good observation fortuitously compensated for his lack of the same. All too easy to be distracted, but to compound the issue by coming back for a second go???
Hope you are both well otherwise? :encouragement:
Perhaps you should have dragged him into the water for a reciprocal 'fly-by'? Observation is key much like on the roads and it seems your good observation fortuitously compensated for his lack of the same. All too easy to be distracted, but to compound the issue by coming back for a second go???
Hope you are both well otherwise? :encouragement:
Uricanejack
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A lucky escape and I am glad to hear you are OK.
I think when you point a finger you should remember the other fingers are pointing back. Running through an anchorage at planing speed is not only inconsiderate, ignorant and dangerous(I'm a sailor) its irresponsible behavior for any operator particularly an instructor. hope he Learned something.
Yet while I may swim close to my boat. Swimming in and out from anchor in an area with moving power boats appears to me to be less than wise. No harm done lesson for both parties.
I think when you point a finger you should remember the other fingers are pointing back. Running through an anchorage at planing speed is not only inconsiderate, ignorant and dangerous(I'm a sailor) its irresponsible behavior for any operator particularly an instructor. hope he Learned something.
Yet while I may swim close to my boat. Swimming in and out from anchor in an area with moving power boats appears to me to be less than wise. No harm done lesson for both parties.
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Greg2
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Blimey, sounds like a miraculous escape! Thanks goodness Lady Luck was smiling on you Mike.
BartW
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Blimey Mike ! you have a good gardian angel,
have seen quite a few Croats this year, doing similar or crazy things near anchored boats,
and we can't change anything about it,
we can only hope that a case like yours, makes these "instructors" think twice about how to behave, and what NOT to do
when my guests use the tender, that's the first rule I teach them; no speeding between anchored boats, and keep a distance from anchored boats
and they understand easy what I mean when other tender drivers do the opposite
have seen quite a few Croats this year, doing similar or crazy things near anchored boats,
and we can't change anything about it,
we can only hope that a case like yours, makes these "instructors" think twice about how to behave, and what NOT to do
when my guests use the tender, that's the first rule I teach them; no speeding between anchored boats, and keep a distance from anchored boats
and they understand easy what I mean when other tender drivers do the opposite
petem
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A lucky escape Mike. I'm not prone to retribution but I think I might have tracked his rib down and let the air out of it. Might make him think twice next time.
Medskipper
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Glad you were not injured, I am afraid there are an awful amount of people who just are not aware of others, it's the same on the roads! God knows how they pass their test or in this case instructors exam!
