Will Oxley

And so we would close the hatch, everything would be locked down and we would just have two people on deck.

And then we would swap those people over regularly and, and

I remember that at about six o'clock, I was lying down below right next to the radio, listening to the calls and logging what was going on.

And there were helicopters involved and it was general chaos.

I lay back down and it was very hot and humid because we had everything shut up.

And I pulled, I took my life jacket off and I took my jacket off and I just had my, we have these sort of long johns and I pulled them down to my, below my waist and just over the top of my boots.

And so now I just had my boxer shorts on and I was lying back listening to the radio.

And then I remember hearing this tremendous roar and then this large bang.

crash and bang, and the boat was literally picked up and thrown upside down through 180 degrees.

There's not a huge amount of space, but I then, there were two people in bunks just beside me, and I remember I landed on them.

And of course, all these sails that we have down below,

are now on top of various people.

And I remember the first thing that went through my mind was, oh no, I've literally been caught with my pants down.

And so now we've got, we established that the eight people that were down below were okay.

And there was, it was 6.30 in the evening by then.

So the boat's upside down, 180 degrees.

And suddenly it's gone from being this incredible amount of noise to actually quite peaceful and quiet.

And we have portholes in the hull.

And so they're now underwater.

And the light, there were just the rays of light coming up through those portholes.