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Yendor
2nd April 2012, 04:04 PM
I'm spending a few days up at Rainbow Beach and today I spent the morning over on Teewah beach.

My two hour window to get around Mudlo rocks was just about up, so I started to head back to Rainbow Beach.

We crossed Leisha track and about 300 meters up the beach came across these guy trying to beach launch their boat.

They were lucky it was a ute, every time a wave smashed into the back of the ute it would lift up and float so it was only the front that was digging into the sand.

Ended up getting snatched out.

No recovery point on front of their vehicle either.
Yendor
2nd April 2012, 04:06 PM
A couple more photos
AB
2nd April 2012, 04:13 PM
So what did they hook on to, the diff?
Rip'n'Shred
2nd April 2012, 04:20 PM
Omg. They are keen going into the ocean. Can't imagine they used the diff. It's IFS ! :eek:

Lovely looking place though.
growler2058
2nd April 2012, 04:35 PM
What a way to turn a perfectly good ute into red dust ooops


Tappin N Crappin
Yendor
2nd April 2012, 04:45 PM
So what did they hook on to, the diff?

Not sure, you can see the guy in the red shirt swimming under the front of the vehicle in the second photo

I'm guessing he looped it around a front control arm or something and d-shackled it back onto the snatchy strap.
macca
2nd April 2012, 04:57 PM
Thats just crazy :oops:
timbar
2nd April 2012, 05:09 PM
Bugger lucky guys could have been devastating
LittleJohn
2nd April 2012, 05:14 PM
Its a tinny , he could have got that boat off way further out of the surf.he so deep What a nuff nuff the poor guy is ( im sure he didnt expect it to be so deep so close to shore),
he's just so lucky there was people in the vacinity to help him, so lucky.

What an absolute beautifull beach Yendor, 11/10 bro.
GQUTERUS
2nd April 2012, 07:57 PM
Looks like a hook, or d shackle.
http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq33/FlyMoMo/aa11111111213212f.png
waz65
2nd April 2012, 08:14 PM
Thats just crazy :oops:
You are not wrong
Ben-e-boy
2nd April 2012, 08:23 PM
I may be a bad person but I get quite a kick seeing idiots on that beach, and the idiot go there and fast and for some reason the single me out to tow them out, They are quite devastated when I tell the I have no recovery points, and just to rub it in I lock the in hubs in front of them hahahaha
megatexture
2nd April 2012, 08:29 PM
Would have been a tie down point surely
AB
2nd April 2012, 08:31 PM
I may be a bad person but I get quite a kick seeing idiots on that beach, and the idiot go there and fast and for some reason the single me out to tow them out, They are quite devastated when I tell the I have no recovery points, and just to rub it in I lock the in hubs in front of them hahahaha

I hear ya too. Oh how I miss the family trips up to Fraser Island...lol
Yendor
2nd April 2012, 09:18 PM
That's the thing, do you put yourself and your vehicle at risk helping them.

I guess if I was in trouble I would like to think that someone would help me.

I spoke to the driver after he was out and he said he was new to the whole beach launching thing.

He didn't need to go so far into the water.

Luckily for him (because the rear of the ute was floating) it was only a light pull from a Pajero to get him out.
Bloodyaussie
2nd April 2012, 09:51 PM
Tides are one thing that gets novices caught out as they dont truly understand how fast they can be and how strong.
My brother inlaw worries me as he just bought a 2003 Pajero and now thinks he can go where he likes?????
Wine_maker
3rd April 2012, 02:23 AM
Hello colleague!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13699

Much of idiots are present in any part of earth!
Gilbert
3rd April 2012, 03:36 PM
Nice one! Nice place to lose a vehicle.
Bloodyaussie
3rd April 2012, 05:36 PM
What they need is external floatation, maybe like airbags????



Hello colleague!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13699

Much of idiots are present in any part of earth!
cairnsGU
10th April 2012, 07:00 PM
Hello colleague!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13699

Much of idiots are present in any part of earth!

Ohh thats funny
megatexture
10th April 2012, 10:04 PM
well that fella seems to have better luck then this blokes rav4 that got smashed on mudlow rocks towing a trailer apparently he had wife and dogs in the car.:1092:

we camped at teewah beach thu-tuesday and got stuck on a few of the local soft sand hillclimbs all in all was a good weekend for some.
pic 3 is one of the hills:bananarock: