Help for small boats

Volunteers at the Point Clare base of Marine Rescue Central Coast assisted a small open boat disabled in Woy Woy Bay on Wednesday, September 25.

Following the 11am call for assistance, rescue vessel Central Coast Two, with its crew of Peter Alderton and Peter Ashworth, were tasked for the job.

A search was conducted and the boat was located in Waterfall Bay.

The men on board the boat were towed to Lions Park, Woy Woy.

At 12:15pm, before the rescue vessel had returned to its berth, another phone call for help was received from a friend of a group of three men in another disabled "tinny".

The call was being relayed as those on the disabled vessel did not know how to contact Marine Rescue.

After an interchange of phone information, the boat was located adjacent to Lions Park and towed to the boat ramp at Blackwall.

Marine Rescue Central Coast has urged boaties to add its phone number, 4325 7929, into their phone address book.

Media release, 25 Sep 2013

Ron Cole, Marine Rescue NSW Central Coast