Sailors warning on floating timber off NSW coast

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7:53 PM Fri 8 Oct 2010 GMT

'Mimi Saka off Yamba yesterday' .

Sailors in the ocean around Byron Bay are warned to be on the look-out for floating timber fallen off a shipping freighter. The international shipping freighter MV Mima Saka, which signaled a distress call 20 nautical miles off Yamba this week did so because its cargo had moved and it was listing badly. Gale force conditions forced the freighter's Indonesian crew to cut loose some of its timber load after the ship listed 40 degrees. The timber cargo, which was headed for Singapore, had been loaded in Melbourne. The Iluka Yamba Coastguard said it was a difficult time for all ...

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by Debrah Novak, Daily Examiner/Sail-World Cruising

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