FOR BOATER A long search | WE GOT the call aboard Jim Donovan’s 37-foot pleasure craft, the Hot Toddy, around midnight-Saturday, two hours after our search for a boat beached ‘‘somewhere ”’ in Indian Arm began. The news came from the Sealancer. It looked as though our search was over. By MARIANNE McKAVE ‘*Spotted a white boat ... on the beach ... two people on shore ... one confirmed in- jury...” Donovan steered off our search course and headed toward the smal! beach on Crocker Island. Within minutes, half a dozen other boats from the Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiiary’s unit six were on the scene, preparing to rescue the man lying still on the rocky beach, with severe back injuries. The victim was Al Munnik, a CMRA member. He wasn’t really injured, but that didn’t © stop members from carrying out this latest disaster exer- cise down to the last detail. Munnik and his wife, Dianna, had been waiting on the beach since early evening. Their wait began as ours end- ed — with an official ‘“‘emergency’”’ call. No one knew what that would be; on- ly exercise coordinator Bud Morris and Munnik were in on the plot. Donovan and this reporter were already on board his See page A18 ss lullsdctay Feil a 1H WMS ue Sg i cn i