[yellowfin]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5 … life#share

Really couldn’t understand how this would happen. Unless he couldnt swim at all or was weighed down by clothing or something. The shore is so close to anywhere on that wharf.

Guess it just shows how easy something can go wrong around water.

Horrible bad luck.

RIP.

[yellowfin]

Yep, or he might have paniced, most people can at least doggy-paddle if they can’t swim. Very unlucky.

[yellowfin]

He might have had a gut full of piss.Water and booze are bad company.

[Birdlingsflat]

yup its a heads up for us all-mind you single malt is ok…

[yellowfin]

Thats because there is no way you would contemplate opening your mouth and mixing poxy
seawater with nectar of the still.

[yellowfin]

Apparently he was wearing heavy work boots, denim jeans and jacket and a polar fleece. And police say alcohol ‘may’ have been involved. Is that wharf actually used as a wharf or just used by people fishing etc? I wonder if they could put safety rails around it or something..

[Miliwolf]

Its used as a wharf.

[yellowfin]

I hope the council doesn’t go over the top and do something stupid like ban fishing at night on the wharf.

[St_Paul]

Its a working wharf so rails wouldn’t work. I can’t see why his mate couldn’t have used a rod to help guide him to the steps. in the photo below you can see the steps toward the bottom left.

[yellowfin]

Seems odd too me the steps lead right to the water, I heard he hung onto a pile for an hour , in his defense he was a tad weathered 54. So may not have been physically able to swim and being loaded on piss wouldn’t help

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