What would you do? For a map of the lake see
http://ace.net.au/schooner/mlakes.htm

Gales on Lake Alexandrina last weekend. A 30'
cruising cat coming home to Milang flipped. A father and 2 kids
aged 8
and 12 were aboard finishing a weekend cruise. None of them
strangers to bad weather on the lake. Kids stayed (temporarily)
dry in inverted bridgedeck cabin
but dad got blown/washed off inverted hull. AT that point the cat
flipped and dad flew,
he was about 200m from
the northern lake shore (tacking against a NW gale). The boat
blew
SE faster than he could swim with PFD on, so presumably the mast
snapped in the flip (water depth about 3 metres)
he swam ashore to raise help. Kids were taken off the boat,
which by then was sinking, about four hours and 11 n miles SE of
capsize point,
heading toward the southeastern shores of the lake. Kids had
been in
water by then about half an hour (cabin eventually flooded). Kids
were a bit cold but otherwise OK. Waves on the lake 5 feet,
breaking (maximum height for the
water depth). No one else out. No ready rescue: Sea Rescue has to
trailer in from other towns once the dad raised the alarm.



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Flying Tadpole

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