Thread: Jet skiing rector missing near Hua Hin

The rector designate of Kasetsart University, Assoc Prof Bordin Rassameethes, is missing after taking part in a provincial jet ski event from Chon Buri to Hua Hin on Sunday.

Pol Col Chaiyakorn Sriladaecho of Hua Hin police station said Assoc Prof Bordin joined a group of about 50 jet skiers who set off on the 110-kilometre journey from Toey Ngam, the most famous beach in Sattahip, in the morning.

All jet skiers made it to the destination at Supatra Hua Hin Resort in Prachuap Khiri Khan at about 1pm except Assoc Prof Bordin.

A fishing boat later found his jet ski with the engine still running about 17 nautical miles off Paknam Pran (Pran Buri river mouth), just south of Hua Hin.

Aerial and water searches were launched in the afternoon and as off 10pm had failed to locate Assoc Prof Bordin. Searches in some locations were suspended as police and rescue workers discussed plans to resume operations at first light, Pol Col Chaiyakorn said.

Jet skiing rector missing near Hua Hin | Bangkok Post: news

I'm surprised none of the other riders didn't spot something along the way. Didn't they ride together?

and the support boat you would think could spot some one in the water in their flotation vest

Ahh ye, the support vehicle following on behind. I forgot about that. Seems the Thais did too.

So no reject defector
Flotsam Rector an ejector
Like a rave from the grave
Agong on the wave
Hector the press not the lector

david44 wins the thread hook, line and wrecked her.

Bodin Ratsamithet after being brought ashore Monday morning in Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan province.


Bodin Ratsamithet, 49, was in a 100-kilometer jet ski race on Sunday when he was swept away by strong waves.

Bodin, the rector-designate of Kasetsart University, said he clung to driftwood log in the sea for about 18 hours before being rescued by fisherman early this morning.

“While I was drifting in the sea, I found a log floating, so I held it for support and sometimes sat on it, but bamboo wood is slippery,” he said this morning.

Bodin was found at about 6:30am this morning by a fishing boat about 30 kilometers off shore. Bodin said he was racing across the Gulf of Thailand from Sattahip to Hua Hin when he was swept from the jet ski. After being rescued, he said that his practice in a river had not prepared him for the difficult conditions and strong waves at sea.

He recalled seeing a rescue helicopter shining light into the sea only 100-meters from where he was floating Sunday night but was unable to signal it.

About 60 people participated in the race, and police were notified Sunday afternoon by famous jet ski racer and comedian Nakorn “Ple” Silachai that one competitor had vanished. The jet ski was later found about 31 kilometers offshore, south of Hua Hin.

Weather warnings had been issued throughout the gulf, with officials warning boats to stay ashore due to strong waves driven by a pressure front before a typhoon which had ravaged the Philippines.

Bodin said he was uninjured but was taken to Huan Hin hospital for observation.

Lost-at-Sea University Rector Clings to Log 18 Hours