Tom Robinson Rescued
“As usual, I had been in the nude most of the day, as chafe is always an issue and, in those conditions, it only takes a few days to run out of dry clothes. Once inside the cabin I contemplated closing the hatch, but decided against it, as the conditions were relatively benign – a fateful error of judgment.
I was sitting on my bunk, looking out the hatch, and then, in a split second, my whole world was turned upside down. My view turned from blue sky to blue water, a huge crashing sound was heard, and Maiwar was capsized like a bath toy. There was no time for fear or even a communicable thought, it all happened so quickly. The next moment I was holding my breath, I looked around me in complete shock, identified the open hatch, swam through it and made my way under the boat”…
