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‘Mind goes wild’: Stranded boater retells hours-long ordeal off Sunshine Coast

Ray Hadley
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Two men are lucky to be alive this morning after a trip from Bribie took an alarming turn off Caloundra yesterday. 

Graham McDonald and George McCallum were forced to issue a mayday call when their boat’s engine failed and the vessel started taking on water.

Clinging to cushions that had fallen off the boat as it sunk, they were left bobbing in the water for 90 minutes as they waited for a rescue helicopter to arrive.

Reaching out to his good friend Ray Hadley, George said the conditions were so choppy that a Coast Guard vessel had been unable to spot them.

“The swell was about three to four metres, so you’re sort of up and down and you get a glimpse of something, then it disappears,” he said.

“Well, they couldn’t see us because we’re just bobbing around in the water!”

Press PLAY below to hear Mr McCallum describe the ordeal + some of his and Ray’s hilarious memories 

Image: 9News

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