Well believe it or not I was invited on that trip a really close friend of mine set it up with a a guy from the island and well fortunately I cancelled due to work, for once work was a good thing.Anyways i personally have never been to renfrew I love to fish nootka and ukee bamfield.The skipper has been going there for over 20 years so he was really experienced at going out and in the river they had been out the day before,My buddy told me that it was very big water that day and they were hugging the bank but came up on a sand bar suddenly.They stopped the wave behind them picked the back of the boat up my friend being in the back got thrown all the way to the front of the boat cracking two ribs on the dash.Then came complete disaster when the next was a rouge and actually picked the boat up from the back and flipped it over instantly on to the house I believe it was a 22ft aluminum not sure what make, well two out of the three basically swam out of the boat only to be grabbed by the current and taken out to sea the skipper managed to get out and climbed on top of the vessel then got rescued from a local who had been watching the whole thing unfold.My buddy and a friend from work were rescued by a surfer,thank god they were there that day,they told my bud that they had been surfing for the past 3 days and had not seen a wave that big!!!! It was a pure miracle that nobody died.I feel super bad for the boat owner as he did lose his boat and gear that was unreplaceable as we all know as boat owners.There was a god that day and it was in the shape of a surfer and a board if anyone knows how to get ahold of these guys can you send me a message with their contact info so I can pass it onto my freind thanks in advance!!!
