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Englishman dies in Phuket boating accident

by Phuket Gazette on 21 Dec 2009
Phuket rescue workers transfer Mr Corrigan’s body from Chalong Pier Phuket Gazette
An Englishman died on Saturday after the Hobie catamaran he was sailing in with two friends capsized off Koh Hei. Chalong police identified the deceased as UK national Kevin Corrigan, a retired former employee of AIG Insurance.

One of the survivors, 67-year-old English expat Bill Dobbs, told the Gazette that he and Mr Corrigan left Chalong Bay in the catamaran owned by another man identified only as ‘Peter’ at about 9:30 yesterday morning. They had lunch on Koh Hei, but on the return journey, sudden strong winds broke the catamaran's mast and caused the vessel to capsize. All three men were thrown into the sea. Mr Dobbs and Peter swam to the surface, but Mr Corrigan never resurfaced.

The two men used Peter’s mobile phone, which had fortunately been kept in a waterproof bag, and phoned friends for help.

Within an hour, a speedboat reached the scene and brought the two survivors back to Rawai Pier. Mr Corrigan’s body was later spotted by other speedboat operators who were ferrying Japanese tourists. The speedboat operators were reluctant to pull a dead body aboard their boat and opted to radio the co-ordinates over the local marine band.

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/detail.asp?id=8136
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