Insane moment fisherman clings onto capsized small boat off coast on Nantucket

A fisherman trapped connected a capsized vessel disconnected nan seashore of Nantucket was saved by 2 Good Samaritans who only noticed him retired of nan area of their eyes. 

Joe Thormay and Nick Whitbeck were testing sportfishing lures for their company, Island X Lures, erstwhile they noticed a 'frantically' waving man connected apical of an overturned alloy connected Saturday. 

'I benignant of saw retired of nan area of my eye, thing a small unusual,' Thormay told NBC Boston. 'At first, I thought it was maybe, like, a dormant whale.'

'We were benignant of some looking and past that is erstwhile we realized location is personification waving benignant of frantically connected apical of what happened to beryllium an overturned vessel,' Whitbeck said. 

The man, who was not identified, was seen waving astatine nan men arsenic he kneeled connected his overturned boat, video showed. 

The man told him he had been retired location for an hr and 3 boats had already gone by him erstwhile he grounded to get their attention, Whitbeck recalled. 

The brace threw him a lifejacket aft pulling up adjacent to his vessel and Thormay - who utilized to activity for nan Coast Guard - called for help. 

'The measurement he explained it connected nan boat, he was sportfishing down a rip line, and we did person waves, location was nary wind, it was calm, we had rollers that were four-to-six-plus feet that would occasionally travel through. 

'I deliberation successful almost a cleanable scenario, he sewage caught successful nan rip and it rolled complete his stern and instantly flipped nan boat,' Whitbeck said. 

The rescue came conscionable hours earlier sunset - and 2 Good Samaritans feared what would person happened to nan older man if he had been near to conflict nan 'strong rip currents' and tides overnight. 

'That is simply a full different game,' Thormay told NBC Boston. 'We are very thankful that he's capable to beryllium connected barren onshore and everything worked retired well.' 

Whitbeck and Thormay were capable to get successful interaction pinch nan fisherman's woman nan adjacent day, who said her hubby was doing fine. 

The fisherman's vessel is successful nan repair shop and he plans connected getting backmost successful nan h2o soon, according to NBC Boston.