Lady Anna Shipwreck, Greymouth, 2013 PHOTO ALBUM

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Description'UNFORGIVING' GREY RIVER BAR.
LADY ANNA-45th SHIPWRECK.
Greymouth.
2013.
The Lady Anna became the 45th boat to be wrecked off the Greymouth bar, and the skipper's death yesterday brought the drowning toll to 17.
The last fatality was the Koromiko in 2000, when a "wave just picked the arse of the boat and tipped it on its side'', eyewitness Barry Bryan said at the time. Two visiting fishermen died.
In April 2009, the Venture ran aground on the Blaketown beach, but this time the three crew jumped as it hit the shore and survived.
The first recorded shipwreck was the Gipsy in 1863, which was run on to the beach. All passengers disembarked safely.
Mayor Tony Kokshoorn, who has compiled Greymouth's shipwreck history, said the sad reality was that more lives would be lost on the Grey River.
"It's an unforgiving bar. It's extremely sad this happens (but) it's the nature of the West Coast.
"They are predominantly smaller fishing boats. And always the same pattern; too high a swell.''Date of Photo2013Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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