The harrowing tale of a fishing trip gone wrong, and how three men had to spend a night clinging to their sinking boat.
Two men who survived nearly 24 hours in the ocean after their boat sank off the Far North Queensland coast have recounted their harrowing ordeal.
Mr Delaney, who remains in hospital, said he did not think they would have made it through another night. The trio were part of a local fishing competition and intended to head to McCulloch Reef, about 30 nautical miles offshore. They logged their plans with the coastguard to return about 11am on Sunday.
"We sort of kept our own morale up, talking and just checking on each other and making sure we're all upright and just hoping sunrise was coming around soon," said Mr Odgers.With sunrise, the men paddled the boat to shallower water, wedging it on the sand and coral and began diving down to break the boat's window looking for water or the EPIRB.
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