Stranded boats receive help

Volunteers on Brisbane Water Lifeboat aided two stranded boats on the weekend of June 16 and 17.

Marine Rescue Central Coast was called for assistance by a man onboard from a four-metre outboard runabout at about 3:30pm on Saturday, June 16.

The boat was stranded on a mud bank in Blackwall Channel.

Brisbane Water Lifeboat skipper Roger Palmer and his crew responded to the call and moved the runabout to deeper water before escorting it back to Lions Park at Woy Woy.

The volunteers responded to a second phone request for help at 4pm on Sunday, June 17, by the skipper of a 7.8 metre yacht at Green Point.

This vessel was also stranded in soft mud.

The owner requested a tow to deeper water and Mr Palmer and his crew on Brisbane Water Lifeboat completed the job.

Media Release, 18 Jun 2012

Ron Cole, Marine Rescue Central Coast