It has taken me a couple of days to put this up but here, it is an unbelievabe bad luck story. I got to my boat on 17/9/06 at 0600 at Akuna Bay and thought "hmm it is a little bit foggy but she'll be right" Pushed off and turned into Coal & Candle and thought "it is a little foggy this morning", put the boat up on the plane and thought "cant see a bloody thing, best slow right down". By this time i was in trouble, i couldnt see a metre in front of the boat and i became totally disoriented. I crept up beside the bank and was hoping it would thin out but it didnt. By this time half an hour had gone by and i saw a sign coming up that said "4 km zone", now i know this river like the back of my hand and there is no such sign other than at Akuna Bay. Somehow in my totally disoriented way i had turned 180 degrees and headed back to Akuna. I turned around and tried again, this time watching the compass. The fog didnt clear until 0840 and i was due in at 1030. I got out wide of Lion and drifted for 25 minutes for zilch, turned back in, cleaned the boat and drove home wondering just why i got out of bed so early on a sunday. Cest la vie.
Watch that fog, it is scary what can happen