john24 said..
I feel sorry for the bloke, hope he comes out of it, though it looks grim.
The boat needed to be slipped. Apart from the prop, it appears after being towed at 6kns the planking opened up and took on a fair bit of water. While that may have been fixed somewhat, it was an accident waiting to happen. IMO, looks like the rough weather opened the boat up again.
After the search and the boat was at Granite Island the authorities should have given the boat a good look over and it it wasn't seaworthy taken the boat out of the water if the owner did not have the ability or means to do that. Sure responsibility of the owner and all, but it would seem he needed a hand to deal with it.
Yeah I think the police need to adopt a policy of making sure rescued boats are towed to a safe harbour.
The yacht that went up on North Haven beach SA was anchored off an exposed beach, by police, less than 1/4 mile from a marina.
This boat was towed to and left in a very exposed anchorage that has no repair facilities, with a broken prop and leaking hull.
