BOYER ISLAND

Plucked from beach
after boat swamped

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AS - Wednesday, November 21, 1984 - North Shore News

TWO MEN were forc-
ed to spend a cold and
wet day on a_ Boyer
Island beach after their
boat was first swamped
and then holed.

By MARK HAMILTON

The two, who attempted
to attract the attention of
passing boats throughout the
day, were finally rescued late
Saturday evening after the if you're looking obics.
the light they were signalling graining an
with was noted by a passing connection.
tug.

According to the B.C.
Lifeboat Society report on
the rescue, the two Surrey
men were making their way
to Gambier Island for a hun-
ting trip early Saturday
morning when they started
taking on water in heavy
rain and seas of between Hours: Mon Wed Fri.
four and six feet. Tues Thurs.

When they realized they Sat. Sun.
couldn't keep up with the
water being dumped into the
boat by the rough seas, they
headed for the shore of
Boyer Island, where the hull
of the boat was holed as they
attempted to beach it. They
wound up swimming to
shore when the boat flipped
and sank, stranding them on
the beach.

The two found some
shelter in a cabin on the
island and spent the day try-
Ing to attract passing boats.
They were finally spotted
just before Il p.m. and the
BC Lifeboat’s North Shore
boat was dispatched for the
rescue

The men were picked up
off the beach just before

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