Yacht aground in Oyster Lease



8:49 AM Sun 18 Jul 2010 GMT
'Yacht aground in Oyster Lease' Marine Rescue NSW Click Here to view large photo
A phone call early on Sunday morning July 18, alerted the volunteers on duty at Marine Rescue Central Coast to the predicament of a 50' yacht and its crew of five. They sought assistance as they had run aground about 1.00am. As the daylight made their surrounding clear they found themselves hard and fast in an oyster lease at the northern end of Paddy's Channel in Brisbane Water. Skipper Cameron Veacock and crewman took the rescue vessel, Central Coast Lifeboat, to the area. The yacht was well out of the Channel and with low tide fast approaching there was little ...


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by Ron Cole Marine Rescue NSW




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