They might have to change the phrase “throw you a lifeline” to “throw you a marine beacon” after the story of this guy’s unlikely survival. A man sailing a yacht off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast fell overboard when a wave hit the boat, and clung to a marine beacon for safety.
“The wave hit the side of the boat and I was trying to secure the dinghy,” he said, “which had come a little bit adrift and a rope broke holding the dinghy. The dinghy hit me (on) my ribs and I fell about 2.5, three metres off the boat.”
