Nice speed Hans, but your distance needs improving. (I did 13.36kms today )

Beat me to it Cam, I'm so slow at typing, hope ya up and running soon mate 

Oh big congrats with the Pb, 24's awesome mate 

Gee dont' do anything in halves Cam i had to google " pneumothorax " thought you caught a type of fish

wow nice one guys!

Bloody Hell Cam! That would have been a bit hairy - good thing it didn't tension. Can you do a thoracostomy with an euro base? Bloody great Alpha must have been worth it though..

Cam,

Bad news and cause I'm a sadistic bastard if I could think of something to make you laugh I would.  Hope you get well soon and remember to take it easy as broken ribs are no laughing matter.

PS -congrats on the alpha PB too. I take that back

Firie,

Excellent 2 sec for the ocean.  Went for a run this a.m. and had some hairy moments too.

Cam,

Next time you'll be able to rig up treatment for a pneumothorax out at arlington with the tube from your harness line and a plastic bottle floating across the reef.  No charge for the consultation either.

Nice work Gaz-agree wind felt nowhere near what the graph was saying -how did Kelly fare ??

Dr Cam,

Amazing sailing in such a depilated state, 8kms on ribs is unimaginable.

4-8 weeks is not that bad, have a mate who's been out of the game for 6 months due to tendon detachment from the chest.

Get well soon.

Hey Cam,

Still waiting to see Kel's post, he did a lot better than me.

You're doing a good job earning the "Mad Doc" title. Eight K's with broken ribs is bad enough, but even worse when you're hanging onto a 7.8 race sail in open ocean. Big effort!!!!!!

well a long way from help cam, hopefully the pain isn't so bad now.

Yeh I agree with Gaz, big effort mate, oh to have a nice handy sand bar to walk to 

Sorry Cam, file checked and no PB 

Your 24 Alpha is where you went A up.

Checked the distance in Google and yep close enough to 8K's sailing with 2 broken ribs 

Cam's tracks...

Cam, what a bummer!!  Good effort to get back in, that must have been awful!!  Good story to look back on, but no doubt just a lot of pain now!!  Hope they mend OK and you're back on the water soon. 

Bummer  Firie must confess to a big surprise when a 24 knot Alpha appeared on the screen ...

Sausage-must be time we caught up -loved the tip for treatment of pneumothorax...!!

Dave -you must still be floating after that 45 !!!

 "ouch" Cam  i can feel your pain,  i  couldn't imagine water starting a 7.8 race sail let alone sailing it back 

Cam you were in serious of pain!!! don't know how you made it back all that way but glad you did.

The boys tell me you were more concerned about your gear then your ribs when they picked you up!!! That sounds about right.

Get better soon mate!!

Kel-nice numbers-you won the day again !!

Thanks for your help Toody- today sorry to leave you with the loose ends to tidy up -owe you one ...

THe boys were great -was a really awkward rescue &  pick up -angles all wrong & was worried re major kit damage but thankfully no .

Nice speed Kel, well done 

great times everyone ,hope for a quick recovery cam, great 2sec bob love that yorkeys speed strip

Bad luck Cam...Good you made it back ok.

I landed on my boom and broke a couple of ribs at Tinaroo a long time ago and thankfully I only had 802.23 meters to sail.

The good part is that you can sit on the shore with a camera and watch for 4 or 6 weeks, like I've been doing for the last 8 months.

If you live up to your "Mad Cam" stories, you'll probably be sailing in 2 weeks !!

You can take over my job as the boss of the Flying Freddy Pit Crew.

Hey Sailpilot-good to see the Sp95 getting a work out -what's with the 5.9 though ???

No laughing or sneezing for a month at least... think of it as a good opportunity to discover "putting the feet up" :) Glad you got back OK. Must have been one crazy crash. Those "pneumothorax" thingies can hurt a hell of a lot on their own without broken ribs. I did that in April... was really painful for 2 weeks then suddenly (overnight) it just went away.

Phil, good to see you on the water Big Fella  Been the worst year up here on the coast I can remember, dead set  I'll have t another WA trip this summer 

Get well soon Cam-

pity you didnt pull a PB after all that, always next time.

No good Cam, Don't know what would be worse, the injuries or the 4-8 weeks off!!  GWS.