Tom Haselgrove was a regular fisher

Tom Haselgrove was a regular fisherman, from the early days of the Club. One day in the ‘60s he set a shark bait on two 4-gallon drums, near the reefs off the club towards Somers. Twenty-four hours later Tom went out to his shark bait, and for convenience tied his 13-foot clinker-built boat by the stern to the drum buoys. However the weather suddenly worsened. Two rollers came overboard, and his boat was swamped. It emerged with the bow only showing. He thought it was safest to hold on to the drums, for buoyancy. He tried to desperately to go under, to get a knife to cut the drum line free, so that the drums would drift to the shore, but without success. He decided definitely to hang on to the drums. The weather worsened and became colder. By sheer luck, a fellow WYC boat owner Mal Kingman was looking through binoculars at home, thought he saw something strange. Alan Ramsay hurriedly launched his boat. Tom was rescued, grey, nearly finished, and with a 10 to 11 foot shark encircling the buoy, caught by the hook!

Over the next two days the boat and drums were seen to be drifting towards Somers. Many ropes were found and were joined together. Alan Ramsay launched his boat, and Graham Weber on board tied the ropes to the drums. A team of members pulled from the shore. The drums, boat and shark were retrieved. Inside the shark was found a seal pup. The boat was damaged, but was later re-built. Tom went on to continue fishing into the ‘90s.

Results (English) 2:

Tom Haselgrove was a regular fisherman, from the early days of the Club. One day in the '60s he set a shark temple on two 4-gallon drums, near the reefs off the club towards Somers. Twenty-four hours later Tom went out to his shark bait, and for convenience tied his 13-foot clinker-built boat by the stern to the drum buoys. Suddenly however the weather worsened. Two rollers Came overboard, and his boat was swamped. It emerged with the bow only showing. He thought it was safest to hold on to the drums, for buoyancy. He tried to desperately to go under, to get a knife to cut the drum line free, so that the drums would drift to the shore, but without success. He Decided definitely to hang on to the drums. The weather worsened and Became colder. By sheer luck, a fellow boat owner Mal Kingman WYC was looking through binoculars at home, thought he saw something strange. Alan Ramsay hurriedly Launched his boat. Tom was rescued, gray, nearly finished, and with a 10 to 11 foot shark encircling the buoy, caught by the hook! Over the next two days the boat and drums were seen to be drifting towards Somers. Many ropes were found and were joined together. Alan Ramsay Launched his boat, and Graham Weber on board tied the ropes to the drums. A team of members pulled from the shore. The drums, boat and shark were retrieved. Inside the shark was found a seal pup. The boat was damaged, but was later re-built. Tom went on to continue fishing into the '90s.