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27-06-2015, 09:31
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Re: It can happen to anyone
Inquiring minds want to know...
"Started taking on water"?
What happened?
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27-06-2015, 18:49
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Location: on board, Australia
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Another successful EPIRB rescue
Australian triple circumnavigator Jon Sanders has been rescued from his stricken yacht off Western Australia's Gascoyne coast after it started taking on water.
The cabin of Mr Sanders' yacht started to fill with water 10 kilometres off the coast, north of Kalbarri, and the vessel had to be left behind.
Mr Sanders activated his EPIRB device and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the search with a rescue plane and two merchant vessels. He was recovered safe and well and is understood to be resting in Geraldton after making landfall just before 5:00am.
He broke world records in 1988 when he completed a triple circumnavigation of the world alone. Twenty-seven years later, at the age of 75, he is still sailing and has completed nine journeys around the world.
His record for sailing round the world three times solo is still unbroken, but he said these days he prefers to take his journeys more cautiously.
Mr Sanders regularly sails boats across the Australian bight for clients.
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27-06-2015, 20:11
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Jon Sanders rescued of Western Australian coast
An absolute legend in the boating world. Was rescued 27th June 2015 10 miles off the Western Australian coast. Details are sketchy but believed to have hull failure on the boat he was on. Not sure if he was on his own vessel or delivering a vessel. Will keep updates coming once we hear more.
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28-06-2015, 01:44
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Re: It can happen to anyone
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“Fools say that you can only gain experience at your own expense, but I have always contrived to gain my experience at the expense of others.” - Otto von Bismarck
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28-06-2015, 01:46
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Re: It can happen to anyone
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
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28-06-2015, 01:48
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Re: It can happen to anyone
Another positive for mandatory EPIRB's 
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28-06-2015, 02:30
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Re: It can happen to anyone
Early indications from the available news articles suggest to me that the boat was less than seaworthy but I guess it will soon be academic.
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
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28-06-2015, 09:25
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Re: It can happen to anyone
Quote:
Originally Posted by ozskipper
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Story I read is that he does deliveries of other peoples boats. He couldn't find where the water was coming in.
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28-06-2015, 22:09
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Re: It can happen to anyone
""I think it's about time this grey nomad bought a car and a tent and went through the middle of Australia, instead of around of Australia," he said."
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28-06-2015, 23:32
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Re: Jon Sanders rescued of Western Australian coast
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28-06-2015, 23:35
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Location: Brisbane Australia
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Re: Jon Sanders rescued of Western Australian coast
Just goes to show, challenges can happen to the best of them, and there are not too many better than Mr Sanders. Good to see he is safe and I am sure he will be back on the water soon.
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29-06-2015, 01:08
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Location: Australia
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Re: Jon Sanders rescued of Western Australian coast
There has been a pretty big swell running in the west the last few weeks and with last week being bigger than normal especially a bit off shore. He is such a relaxed sailor, he would float in to Sydney CYC a few days before the race, find anybody who would jump on the boat with him, purely to comply to the rules and head off to Tassie and always get there safely. I think in '99, when everyone was getting smashed and drowned, he battened down and went to sleep for a couple of days and got up to find himself only a day and a half out of Hobart. He then arrived inside the first 10 boats. But as you say, just good he is okay and safe. Not bad for a 76 year old delivering boats solo.
L&N
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29-06-2015, 02:32
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Location: sydney, australia
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Re: Jon Sanders rescued of Western Australian coast
yeah, one of those rare cases where the sailor is tougher than the bloody boat...
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04-07-2015, 11:40
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Re: Another successful EPIRB rescue
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