Not nice news but this was bound to happen. I hope he survives.

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XX angie

Not surprised been waiting for some clowns at the pass to get cleaned up as well

Turkish said...

Just saw the news as well. Hope he is going to be ok.
never a good thing to happen and the really stupid thing is that the surf is small and visibility good today.

I've done heaps of beach launch's in boats and you always come in on the back of a wave,someone paddling out on a shortboard is not that easy to see.poor bugger wrong place wrong time..

He was in the boat that speed past you guys this morning Angie (which caused Emma to end up in the drink). We saw the proceedings at the boat ramp with the paramedics as we were leaving winders this morning and it didn't look good.

I just read that he passed away in hospital. I feel for his family and friends, certainly not great to have seen the attention he was receiving and find this to be the outcome.

According to the news the boat driver is also being treated for shock, in all likely hood a straight out accident in which no one is at major fault will now be affecting two families so greatly, such a shame and my thoughts go out to both.

dtm said...

heavy stuff hope the guys ok

He past away in hospital

Oh my god! Just heard about this right now on seabreeze. Poor bugger.

42 year old shortboarder

After seeing boats motor in at almost full throttle it's sad to say that it was an accident waiting to happen however I often wondered whether the VMR guys in that lookout tower ever advise boaties of the quantity and location of people in the water.

62mac said...

42 year old shortboarder

From Currumbin Waters, so well and truly local and likely that many of us that frequent the Alley have been out with this guy at one time or another.

oh my god thats just so bad
life is just to short

To try and put a good spin on this, at least he passed away in a place he loved partcipating in a sport he enjoyed. My thoughts go out to his family! May he rest in peace.

Shocking news. Something has to be done. It is a ridiculous place for boats - IMO.

Mike once again is on the money.

In normal creek conditions the channel runs along the breakwall and then does a dog leg out and around so that boats can access what is normally a bit of a no mans land for the crowds, learners etc between the Alley proper and Laceys.

At the moment the sand is so choked that the breakwall is the shallowest part of the creek. This leaves boaties no choice but to run up the middle of the Alley and then try to go around the end of the shallower than normal bank coming off the rock and extending over to the wall. There is usually a more pronounced gutter and this allows the boats to navigate the bar without coming too close to regular surfers.

You'd have to think that these conditions played a part in today's unfortunate accident. What a sad day for his family and our beautiful area. Let's just hope that something is done to monitor the bar and maintain it despite the political hot potato that it has become.