If I wasn't so pissed off, I'd be laughing my arse off right now. Just a week ago, I had a chat with DJ over the dangers of being misquoted by journalists... and then they somehow manage to accredit a quote to ME in this article.
This is from the article...
Others have blamed Mr Peterson's companions for paddling off without him.
Paul Harrington from Victoria posted: ''Why on earth didn't you all stay together? Doing an open water crossing in a group for safety only works if you are a group! Your friends should have slowed down and waited for you!''And this is from Seabreeze...
brady said...
Great story and good outcome.
But one question - why on earth didn't you all stay together? Doing an open water crossing in a group for safety only works if you are a group!
YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN AND WAITED FOR YOU!
I'd be having a few words with your friends about that.
FFS. I'm clearly not brady.
I think it must be because I replied to the quoted post, and the twit who wrote this article is either too lazy or too stupid to work out how a forum works...
PTWoody said...brady said...
Great story and good outcome.
But one question - why on earth didn't you all stay together? Doing an open water crossing in a group for safety only works if you are a group!
YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN AND WAITED FOR YOU!
I'd be having a few words with your friends about that.
In hindsight, sure. But they're hardly Robinson Crusoe there (no pun intended, with the whole castaway thing
). I know I've been in a similar situation, albeit not in the shipping lane, but the winds were about 30 knots, a storm was brewing, it was raining cats and dogs, and the group got a little separated. This was just the last 1km stretch from Green Point to Sandringham where you're effectively right on shore, but still, the group took off, leaving one behind and out of sight. It happens and I'll stick my hand up and say I'm as guilty of that as anyone.
The fact is, DJ's fellow adventurers are all stand-up guys (okay so now these unintentional puns are becoming a problem
). I would trust them implicitly. Nevertheless, if there's anything we can do in the future to improve safety, including greater focus on essential and best quality equipment, or pairing up or regrouping more often, as DJ has indicated, then this adventure has probably served to prevent a tragedy in the future.
