Earlier this week there was an unfortunate capsizing and sinking of a trawler off the northern NSW coast after the boats fishing nets caught on a reef. The skipper of the vessel is still missing and hopes are fading for his survival. In two amazing feats of endurance the two crew men have survived the ordeal. One crew man managed to swim 12km to shore to alert the authorities and is still in hospital suffering form exhaustion and dehydration. The 2nd crewman was rescued after 30 hours in the water clinging to an esky and suffering badly from dehydration and hypothermia.
Although the water temperature in the area is 22-24 degC, hypothermia can start to be a problem in less than 3 hours and many people would lose consciousness after 12 hours. In this case the capsize and sinking was sudden and the crew have ended up with no lifejackets and no means of alerting anyone to their plight.
All this emphasises the need to prepare ourselves as much as possible against the unexpected.
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