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Wing sailor dies at Lucky Bay/Melville Parade

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Created by SteveBrown > 9 months ago, 25 Nov 2020
SteveBrown
WA, 16 posts
25 Nov 2020 10:34PM
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Hi guys, just wish to let you know that one of your fellow wingsailors died whilst sailing/flying at Lucky Bay yesterday. His name was Andrew and the circumstances are not clear yet but he was pulled out of the water by fellow sailors at about 5pm.

dejavu
825 posts
25 Nov 2020 10:44PM
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Reduce risk of injury or worse and wear a helmet and an impact/life jacket. An expert kite foiler died ten days ago while kite foiling in big winds with huge gusts on Lake Ontario (Toronto, Ontario Canada). Accidents are just that -- something unexpected so take some precautions.

pumpnjump
WA, 264 posts
26 Nov 2020 6:12AM
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It was a good effort and response by everyone involved in getting Andrew to the beach and continuing CPR, sadly we could not revive him. I wrote to Melville City Council yesterday requesting the possibility of a Defibrillator being placed at this popular watersports spot as this would have been the only additional help we could have given. Their response was one of cost and vandalism making it prohibitive.
Condolences to his friends and family.

Youngbreezy
WA, 1198 posts
26 Nov 2020 7:14AM
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That is very very sad.

Condolences to his friends and family!

Ride on ocean brother

DukeSilver
WA, 422 posts
26 Nov 2020 4:39PM
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pumpnjump said..
It was a good effort and response by everyone involved in getting Andrew to the beach and continuing CPR, sadly we could not revive him. I wrote to Melville City Council yesterday requesting the possibility of a Defibrillator being placed at this popular watersports spot as this would have been the only additional help we could have given. Their response was one of cost and vandalism making it prohibitive.
Condolences to his friends and family.


Big respect to you and the others who were there trying to save him. I hope you are all doing ok after a traumatic experience like that.

emmafoils
307 posts
26 Nov 2020 5:50PM
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Any more details on what happened that caused this tragedy?



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