Please be careful out there!

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MikeF

Senior Member
Today I had to rush a good friend off to casualty because he had a nasty accident while beaching his jet ski. As he ran it in to get up the beach a bit he must have hit a bump in on the beach and the whole jetski flipped over and landed on him.

He crushed his shoulder and broke 3 ribs. He had to be rushed into surgery to get a titanium plate fitted to repair his shouder. Very bad ending to a fishing outing.

Please watch yourselves when beaching!
 
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Glenn

Sealiner
@ mikef

Sorry to hear the bad news.. I hope that he get's better soon.. Never thought that could happen so easily when coming in.. I know I was told to hold on tight when we where beaching in Durban ski boat club.. This is a very vaulable leason now for me to think about.
 
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MikeF

Senior Member
Went to visit the boy in the hospital this afternoon. Surgery went well. Collar bone was broken in 4 places and part of it was shattered and had pierced the shoulder muscle. They also found 3 more broken ribs which makes that 6 busted ribs.

Hes doing well though and should go home tomorrow. Man I still cant believe how quickly things can turn nasty.
 
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BigVan

Senior Member
Hi Guys

It is always bad when accidents happen when we do the things we love doing. Speedy recovery for the oke. Imagine if it happened up in Mos where there is not always medical care available. Even Cape Vidal, Sodwana area. You are stuffed when accidents happen in that area. I had two mates died in a road accident on our way to Sodwana about thirty kilos from Hluhluwe. There is just not medical care in that area. Closest Netcare was from Richards Bay but it was too late. Thats why never fish alone if you can. Mike I am sure was it not for your assistance at the accident it could turn worse. 

Best of luck and make yourself safe.
 
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Fly Fish

New member
BigVan wrote:
Hi Guys

It is always bad when accidents happen when we do the things we love doing. Speedy recovery for the oke. Imagine if it happened up in Mos where there is not always medical care available. Even Cape Vidal, Sodwana area. You are stuffed when accidents happen in that area. I had two mates died in a road accident on our way to Sodwana about thirty kilos from Hluhluwe. There is just not medical care in that area. Closest Netcare was from Richards Bay but it was too late. Thats why never fish alone if you can. Mike I am sure was it not for your assistance at the accident it could turn worse. 

Best of luck and make yourself safe.
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I fully agree with you BigVan one should never fish by your self if it is possible.  If you do go out then you need to keep constant communication with someone on land. I always ask the family to come see me off and welcome me back.

 

Sorry to head about your friend Mike  
 
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MikeF

Senior Member
They still worried about his ribs puncturing lungs and what not so they keeping him in a bit longer. He is loving the morphine drip though :breakd:
 
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Eric Cotton

Senior Member
Sad about your mate MikeF, he's lucky you were around to help out and checking up on him. Wish him speedy recover.

 MikeF could you tell us where it happen and was their any damaged to the jet ski?????
 
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MikeF

Senior Member
Thats actually a good question. I have launched there quite a few times but apart from the accident on Saturday we had alot of drama from PWCA, Beaches and Recreation and Metro Police. 3 of our bakkies got fined for parking on the beach.....

So to answer your question: Im not sure anymore. I am on the warpath with PWCA at the moment because as far as I am concerned they are tasked with managing a launch site and charge fees for it. In return they provide nothing: no management, no info or conflicting info and no launch controller. I am going to create another thread on this issue as soon as I get a chance and Im phoning the PWCA guy today.
 
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matthewswanson1

New member
i hope he recovers soon. i think we all guilty of getting complacent and never think that its going to happen to us until one day when it does.

Everone should just be extra careful. and, i agree, we should always have fishing buddies with us when fishing from a jetski.

Good luck with the recovery
 
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pc750109

New member
Yes.....be very carefull....

About 3 weeks ago at vidal a came of my ski in a simular way...The ski almost rolled over and I hit the deck very hard.....had a stiff back for more than a week.

 

 
 
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MantaRay

New member
Thanks , I was under the impression ( dont quote me ) that you could only

use the site as a recreational ski zone and not for ski fishing launching.Look forward to their response , I witnessed an accident there on Satuday , luckily no one was injured

and sterling work for the rescuer pulling 2  people out the water and getting the capsized ski back to the beach.
 
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MikeF

Senior Member
Thats the real issue here: the rules are not clear and therefore what are PWCA collecting money for???
 
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