🎙️ BONUS | How Often Are People Falling off Cruiseships?

Nick (0:05)

Welcome to the bonus podcast. We will give you a clue for Masked Swimmer in due course.

David Lutteral (0:10)

In more than 30 seconds, about.

Nick (0:12)

Now, we were talking just off air, and I thought it was a bit of fun, about cruise ships and how many people fall off cruise ships.

Susie O'Neill (0:17)

Oh, yeah.

Nick (0:18)

Because there seems to be a lot lately.

David Lutteral (0:19)

Have you got some data?

Nick (0:20)

Yes. So, how many people do you think this is fall off cruise ships each year, reported?

Susie O'Neill (0:28)

Fifty?

Nick (0:29)

Less.

David Lutteral (0:31)

Twenty.

Nick (0:32)

More.

David Lutteral (0:33)

Okay.

Nick (0:34)

Twenty-five people a year reportedly fall off cruise ships.

Susie O'Neill (0:39)

This thing just came up on my Instagram where it was a camera they have set up on cruise ships with thermal imaging, so they can track if people jump off.

Nick (0:48)

Yes, I saw that video.

Susie O'Neill (0:50)

Yeah, it must have come up because we were talking about it. And then they can see where they land and quickly...

David Lutteral (0:56)

Well, I can't try and find them.

Nick (0:58)

You want the percentage of people who survive and they fall overboard?

Susie O'Neill (1:00)

Oh, yes, please.

Nick (1:01)

Only about 17 to 28% of people who go overboard are rescued alive.

Susie O'Neill (1:07)

Well, some of them have wasted eyes in there because it's so high up.

Nick (1:09)

Yeah, you could fall over the sharks. If you fell that night and you were a bit drunk and you go back to your room and no one knew, game over.

Susie O'Neill (1:18)

You remember that one in Indonesia years ago, where the guy was weeing off the back of a charter boat, not a charter boat, he was surfing over in Indonesia somewhere and he was going on a big long trip and he must have had a few drinks, went off the back, was going to the toilet, fell off the back. Remember he was lost for hours and hours and hours and they found him?

David Lutteral (1:33)

And he was alive?

Susie O'Neill (1:34)

They found him alive. He was a big thing. He was in waters for, I would say 19 hours.

David Lutteral (1:39)

Yeah, something like that, wasn't it?

Susie O'Neill (1:41)

It was a miracle that they found him.

Nick (1:43)

How did he survive? He was just bobbing up, he had nothing to float on.

Susie O'Neill (1:46)

Yeah, I don't know. And someone tracked the weather and the currents and etc.

Nick (1:50)

That's good for me, you got to be out there with the worst way to go. Middle of the ocean, you watch the ship departing, there's nothing you can do.

David Lutteral (1:57)

Yeah, that's horrible, isn't it?

Nick (1:59)

Oh, that would just be, that's just horrific. What would you actually do?

David Lutteral (2:04)

Everyone you loved is on that boat.

Nick (2:05)

And you're drunk and they're drunk and they're not going to know till the morning?

David Lutteral (2:08)

No, you're gone, you don't see anyone again.

Nick (2:10)

At least, Susie, you have the best shot of the three of us. Like you're a swimmer, you know? What would you do to, would you egg beat to float? Would you?

Susie O'Neill (2:17)

Yeah, I'd float on my back.

David Lutteral (2:18)

You'd float on your back?

Susie O'Neill (2:19)

As long as I could, but if you could see land, you could swim towards it, but you probably can't see that.

Nick (2:24)

You probably can't see land. You'd be well out there.

David Lutteral (2:25)

You think it'd be worse just feeling a nudge on your leg? Or a six meter great white, like getting airborne and just taking you.

Nick (2:33)

I think, yeah, yeah, I agree. The nudge on the leg just toying with you.

David Lutteral (2:38)

Yeah, I think the worst would be like it launches you into the air, the great white, and as you're about 12 feet in the air, about to die of incredibly painful death, you go, oh shit, there was land over there.

Susie O'Neill (2:53)

Very good.

Nick (2:55)

Oh bugger. Found it.

Susie O'Neill (2:58)

Shit. That is very funny.

Nick (3:00)

Can you guys come back? Hey, you can give the bonus clue now.

Susie O'Neill (3:04)

Oh. Yeah. Okay.

Nick (3:05)

For the Masked Swimmer.

Susie O'Neill (3:06)

The Masked Swimmer. I'm out and about this Thursday.

Your share of $20,000 if you find me. Okay. Here's my clue. I much prefer swimming suits than these ones. I much prefer swimming suits than these ones.