How lucky was this guy!
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Printed Date: 29 Oct 2026 at 7:34am
Topic: How lucky was this guy!
Posted By: smudge
Subject: How lucky was this guy!
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2026 at 8:16pm
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Missing off Pukpuka Island for a week in a 4m dinghy. This really is the middle of nowhere https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/missing-fisherman-found-alive-after-week-adrift-near-cook-islands/ONGW3IF7YFED5MM4ZIEV4IUNPQ/" rel="nofollow - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/missing-fisherman-found-alive-after-week-adrift-near-cook-islands/ONGW3IF7YFED5MM4ZIEV4IUNPQ/ ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
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Posted By: MJ
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2026 at 3:39pm
| His very good luck that the NZ airforce could help. Very good high-res pics if they were taken from the Poseidon - a jet the same size as a 737 that must have been clipping along pretty quickly. |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2026 at 9:03am
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I wonder what Robert Dean Frisbie would have written about that chap !
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2026 at 6:06pm
It's an unforgiving place literally in the middle of nowhere. While Robert Frisbee took it to another level this guy is also a survivor. Great story: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cook-islands-fisher-lost-at-sea-for-a-week-describes-his-ordeal/UCJLA6NQRZHTPKGPOZD4H7QGOQ/" rel="nofollow - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cook-islands-fisher-lost-at-sea-for-a-week-describes-his-ordeal/UCJLA6NQRZHTPKGPOZD4H7QGOQ/ ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
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