{"id":10531,"date":"2025-01-28T17:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&#038;p=10531"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:23:56","slug":"foiler-crash-leads-to-plb-activation-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/foiler-crash-leads-to-plb-activation-in-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Foiler Crash Leads to PLB Activation in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crew of four downwind foilers and I set off from <a href=\"https:\/\/vicscreen.vic.gov.au\/choose-victoria\/locations\/point-roadknight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Point Roadknight<\/a> for a 20-kilometre downwind journey to Torquay. During the run, another foiler and I unintentionally got too close to each other due to a sudden change in the wind, resulting in a collision.<\/p>\n<p>Following the impact, I lost consciousness and sustained a dislocated jaw. I don\u2019t recall the incident or much of what happened afterwards; however, I was informed that I remained unconscious for approximately five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The other foiler reacted promptly and effectively after surfacing and finding me unresponsive in the water. He ensured I could breathe until I regained consciousness and then quickly sought assistance. He retrieved my life vest and activated the Personal Locator Beacon (<a href=\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/products\/plb1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rescueME PLB1<\/a>), which alerted rescue services to the accident.<\/p>\n<p>We established contact with emergency services, received valuable instructions, and were informed that help was on its way. They provided a plan to follow until their arrival. Shortly after, police and ambulance helicopters arrived to assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crew of four downwind foilers and I set off from Point Roadknight for a 20-kilometre downwind journey to Torquay. During the run, another foiler and I unintentionally got too close to each other due to a sudden change in the wind, resulting in a collision. Following the impact, I lost consciousness and sustained a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3253,"featured_media":10956,"template":"","survivor-stories-category":[18],"survivor-stories-cause":[39,42],"survivor-stories-event":[36],"survivor-stories-rescue":[622],"survivor-stories-terrain":[24],"class_list":["post-10531","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-stories-category-water-sports","survivor-stories-cause-crash-or-collision","survivor-stories-cause-medical-emergency","survivor-stories-event-wind","survivor-stories-rescue-police-and-air-ambulance","survivor-stories-terrain-ocean"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foiler Crash Leads to PLB Activation in Victoria - Ocean Signal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A foiler collision in Victoria triggers a rescueMe PLB1 rescue. 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