'I thought I was going to die': Fisherman reveals how he nearly drowned after falling off his boat while relieving himself - leaving him adrift for three hours without a life jacket An Australian man was stranded for more than three hours in the ocean The fisherman wasn't wearing a life jacket or carrying any telecommunications He was relieving himself when he fell overboard off the South Australian coast He was rescued when a nearby surf lifesaving team heard his cries for help
By Ash Flockhart For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 22:17 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 11 March 2019
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An Australian fisherman who fell overboard while relieving himself has survived more than three hours in the ocean despite the fact he wasn't wearing a life jacket.
Clayton Booth was fishing off the South Australian coast when he decided he had to pee and fell overboard when a wave hit his craft and it sped away from him.
He was 6km away from Brighton, the nearest coastal town, without a life