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Sheltering yacht runs aground in entrance to Apollo Bay harbour

2:53 AM Sun 4 Apr 2010 GMT

'Addiction Richard McGarvie steering' Emma Watt

The yacht Addiction, from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, has run aground on Easter Sunday morning in the narrow entrance to Victoria's Apollo Bay harbour and has been washed into shallow water.

Richard McGarvie and his Inglis 37 crew were returning from Port Fairy, in 30 knot winds and a rapidly building seaway and they sought shelter.

The entrance to the harbour faces north and has a reputation for being dangerous to enter with an easterly swell. It silts up, particularly on the east side of the entrance.

After talking to local authorities the decision was made that the entrance could be safely made as there had been recent dredging.

McGarvie reported a few minutes ago that the yacht was on the leads when he grounded on the sand and at that point she lost way and was washed into the shallows.

Mercifully, all nine sailors onboard were taken off by boat and all are uninjured.

The yacht is on the sand and appears intact, although she is currently taking a lot of water.

Addiction under spinnaker - Bob Tanner

by Sail-world

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