Their phones rang from the capsized boat. They couldn’t reach them.
Home / New ZealandRic StevensOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·4 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to readCoastguard pulls a person from the water off Napier on Tuesday, October 21.After hours clinging to a capsized boat in a chilly sea, Howard Reese told his crayfishing buddy, “I can’t take any more of this. I’m too cold. I’ve had it.”
When a wave threw them both off the boat a short time later, his friend, the boat’s skipper, swam back
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Their phones rang from the capsized boat - but they couldn't reach them.
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