Wild weather weekend passes without incident

The volunteers at Marine Rescue Central Coast were on high alert over the weekend of June 20 and 21 following reports from the Bureau of Meteorology of gale force winds and rain predicted to intensify into Sunday and Monday.

Late Saturday afternoon, rescue vessel Central Coast 20 was on patrol when the radio base at Point Clare received a report of an un-manned jet-ski afloat off Half Tide Rocks.

While the rescue boat was en route to investigate or provide assistance, the search was called off as another report indicated that the jet-ski had been recovered by its owner.

On Saturday night, the rostered crew of Central Coast 20 was out in the poor conditions, taking the opportunity to hone their local knowledge and night navigation skills in the most unpleasant weather.

While there were a number of calls to the radio base over the weekend, they were mostly from hopeful boaties seeking weather updates.

Few vessels logged-on and the weekend passed without incident.

Media release, 24 Jun 2013

Marine Rescue Central Coast