THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE Around 12:30pm on Tuesday Dec 3rd, the volunteers on radio watch at the Marine Rescue Point Clare Base received call from the owner of a 7.5m motor cruiser anchored at Lobster Beach with two people on board. He reported that his near-new 225HP engine would not start and sought help to return to the boat ramp in Gosford. The duty crew, Roger Palmer and Ian Radford, was called in and rescue vessel, Central Coast 20, despatched to assist. The vessel was located and taken in tow. Just north of The Rip Bridge the owner began signalling the rescue boat with some urgency. An enquiry determined that the vessel was taking water rapidly through a broken cock fitting on the vessel’s toilet. The owner indicated that he could not stem the incoming flow. The Marine Rescue crew indicated that they would tow the vessel quickly to a sandy beach near Lions Park at Woy Woy. By the time the vessel was beached there was water ankle deep in the cockpit. The owner and his wife were now at Woy Woy but their car and boat trailer were at Gosford. The rescue crew transported the owner to the wharf at Gosford so that he could drive to Woy Woy to retrieve his stricken vessel. The crew returned to base at 3:10pm for a late lunch
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:53:18 +0000