Erin Molan has shared a dramatic near-death story with the listeners of her Hughesy, Ed and Erin radio show.
”I swear to God on my life, no exaggeration, we all nearly died,” 40-year-old Erin claimed as she told the story of the yachting competition that went terribly wrong.
It was in the TV host’s first year of participating in the Sydney to Hobart race in 2015 when the terrifying moment occurred, as she was aboard the Perpetual Loyal, which had experienced a flying start but ultimately had to resign from the race after hull damage.
Also participating in the iconic sailing race and joining Erin aboard the Perpetual Loyal was former professional rugby league footballer Anthony Minichiello, former professional rugby union player Kurtley Beale and former professional cricket player Michael Clarke.
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“Our boat got stuck at the top of Bass Strait when these horrific storms hit and waves 50foot high and we’re on a big boat,” Erin detailed to her co-hosts David ‘Hughesy’ Hughes and Ed Kavalee.
“And I remember lying there and Kurtley Beale’s bed was below mine. So Kurtley Beale, former Rugby Union star [was on the boat], Michael Clark was on the boat. It was celebrity central.
“I was told to lie there, because it was too dangerous up on deck and I was just urinating into the bunk below, which was Curtly’s. Just because you couldn’t even go the toilet because it was too scary.”
Anthony Minichello, Michael Clarke, Erin Molan and Kurtley Beale onboard Perpetual LOYAL.
(Image: Getty)The former host of The Footy Show went into more detail about the fearful experience when talking to The Canberra Times days after it happened, saying “We had damage to the hull, I was lying there and I could hear the bowmen running down to check it out and [one] was saying ‘the hull is broken, there’s water coming in’ and I was frozen [with fear]. I’ve never feared for my life like that before.”
Her horror experience at sea didn’t stop her from getting back on the Sydney to Hobart saddle, as the following year Erin returned to Perpetual Loyal, with the team not only winning the race, but smashing the finishing time record by five hours.
