One man is uninjured after his boat capsized off the coast of Victoria at Ogden Point this morning when he was rescued by a passing boat.
Five local men chartered a fishing boat for a bachelor party and were surprised to find the boat in trouble at the mouth of Victoria Harbour, and went over to help. They pulled him out of the water before the Coast Guard arrived.
One of the party-goers, Andrew Johns, said the man, around 50 years old, wasn鈥檛 wearing a lifejacket.
capsized off victoria. everybody is ok.
鈥� Dean Johnson (@mdeanjohnson)
鈥淲e look over and I say, 鈥榟ey guys, that boat does not look good;鈥� it鈥檚 got its nose tipped right up and going around in circles,鈥� Johns said. 鈥淣ext thing we know it went sideways and capsized.
鈥淗e was holding one hand onto a floating seat with his iPhone in his hand, and the other hand is holding onto the nose end of his boat 鈥� This guy is very lucky; there was nobody really near him.鈥�
The Coast Guard is currently on site deciding what to do with the boat, according to Darren Morely of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre for the Canadian Coast Guard.
