Wild night blows yachts ashore in Brisbane Water

11:41 PM Sun 5 Sep 2010 GMT

'Marine Rescue checking yachts' David and Heather Churcher

Yachts blown ashore around Brisbane Water greeted the volunteers from Marine Rescue Central Coast on Sunday morning. After gale force winds overnight Saturday, owners called for assistance for vessels aground at Hardy's Bay, Point Frederick and Saratoga. The yacht at Saratoga was a visiting American 52 foot vessel, Mako, from Houston, Texas. The vessel was left on a temporary mooring but was found hard aground between two wharves at Saratoga. Central Coast Lifeboat, with Brian Warburton and his crew checked out each vessel. The yachts had been blown ashore during the high tide overnight and were in no danger. No ...

Click here for full story.

by Ron Cole

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Cruising #Boating

Cruising

Night Watch: Stay Useful After Dark

Watch stints, handovers and sleep that holds up

Cruising

The Bar Crossing: Wait for Slack Water

Cross on slack or the first of the flood.

Nearby
Ballarat, VIC	20 kn NNE	24°
Redesdale, VIC	9 kn N	26°
Windiest in Australia
Gabo Island, VIC	32 kn NNE	21°
Most Windless in Australia
Mount Stuart (Defence), QLD	Calm	29°
Hottest in Australia
Victoria River Downs, NT	4 kn N	37°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Hotham, VIC	13 kn N	9°
Wettest in Australia
Bundaberg Airport, QLD	25.0 mm

Wild night blows yachts ashore in Brisbane Water

Night Watch: Stay Useful After Dark

The Bar Crossing: Wait for Slack Water

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

(Other) Articles

Buy & Sell

2026 Core Halo

2025 Duotone Rebel D/Lab

2025 F-One 80Cm Uhm Mast, Eagle X 1000 And Jam 1600

2025 Ensis Spin

2025 Kalama Gator Lp

2026 Iow-Harness Wing Waist Rogue- Free Post

2014 Patrik Trailer Wave

Know before you go

Download the Seabreeze app for iOS or Android.

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support