Yachtsman turns up safely

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Remember that chap who's yacht was found washed ashore at Hengistbury head last <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20040529124237ymnews.html>month?</A> I heard last night on the way home that he had turned up safely at his home. No word as to what happened to him, which is intriguing, but I expect he had a bit of explaining to do to the missus.

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it's always amusing when someone gets caught out in a bit of extracurricular activity.

best one i heard was about a famous tourist sight in oz called london bridge, a spectacular double arch on the coast of victoria. a few years ago the inner arch collapsed, leaving a couple of tourists stranded on the now isolated outer section. after they were rescued by helicopter they fled to avoid the press and it turned out they were on a dirty weekend.

then again there may be a totally different reason for the drifting boat.

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Hmmm......on the one hand he's clearly "disturbed" in some way and needs help........on the other hand the Coastguard may want to send him a bill for the wasted effort spent in searching for him........

Tony C.

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From the Times 30th July 2004;

A SAILOR who was presumed drowned when his yacht was washed up on rocks a month ago stunned his wife by walking through the front door safe and well.

Justin Griffin, 41, a store manager from Christchurch, Dorset, was last seen in his life jacket setting sail on his 19ft vessel. It later ran aground, with its sails still up, at Hengistbury Head, on the Dorset coast, on June 28. His boat, She’ll Do, had an outboard motor. Only its rudder was damaged by the rocks.

He had taken his yacht for sea trials after spending several weeks restoring it, and called his wife on his mobile phone at about 10pm to say that he was heading back. But the alarm was raised when he had failed to return after four hours.

Police said last night that they will now be questioning Mr Griffin, the father of two girls, aged 13 and 15, to find out where he has been, although it is believed that he might have suffered from memory loss.

His disappearance led to a massive air, sea and land search but rescuers called it off after six hours because they considered that he could not have survived for longer than that time in the chilly seawater.

When he went missing, his wife, Jane, said that she had not given up hope and was praying for a miracle.


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There's not much more on the news <A target="_blank" HREF=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/dorset/3936451.stm> today</A>, except that the police are talking to him, he may be amnesiac and the family have asked to be left alone. We may never know what happened, the truth may be stranger than fiction in this case. (Nobody's mentioned aliens yet).

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Re: Own up

Nope. I always hit what I aim at..........

Tony C.

<hr width=100% size=1>There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.
 
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