Two Rescue Boats and Crews kept busy on Saturday 3rd January Two rescue boats and their volunteer crews from Marine Rescue Central Coast were kept busy all day on Saturday January 3rd 2015. The radio operator at the Point Clare base received the first call for help around 9:20am from a 5.0m runabout in Hardy’s Bay. The three men on board reported mechanical problems. Skipper Norm Smith, aboard Central Coast 21, was tasked to assist and the vessel was towed to the Lintern Street Ramp. While this incident was still underway, just after 09:30am, Skipper Ken Sharp on patrol aboard Central Coast 22 was flagged down on The Broadwater by a 5.0m runabout. The two people onboard said their boat’s engine had failed and asked for a tow to Gosford Boat Ramp. Around 1:00pm, the radio room received another call for help from a Sea Doo PWC at Lobster Beach. The owner reported that the engine would not start and the two people onboard needed help to get back to Lion’s Park at Woy Woy. Central Coast 22 was sent to assist. At 1:30pm Skipper Peter Ashworth and his crew on Central Coast 21 were sent out to search for ‘a green hulled vessel’ reported to have a mechanical failure. The owner thought he was ‘near Blackwall Channel’. As Central Coast 21 traversed Paddy’s Channel its crew was flagged down by a 5.5m Caribbean runabout. The boat’s owner reported engine failure and asked for a tow to the Blackwall Ramp. The request was OK’d by the Watch Officer, Robert Smith, and the search task for ‘a green hulled vessel’ was transferred to Central Coast 22. The ‘green vessel’, was found to be a 6.0m Haines Hunter with two people onboard. It was located at 2:20pm off Pelican Island and was towed to Gosford Ramp. Meanwhile, at 2:15pm, Central Coast 21 was assigned to assist a 4.5m runabout with two people on board, stranded on a sand bar near Pretty Beach. Skipper Peter Ashworth manoeuvred the rescue boat as close as possible in tricky conditions and skill throwing a heaving line enabled a tow-rope to be passed. The runabout was then dragged to deeper water and then jump-started. It was escorted back to the Koolewong Ramp. All those assisted thanked the Marine Rescue volunteer boat crews and radio room operators for giving up their time to provide the help needed on the water especially during this time of year.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 01:01:34 +0000
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