New year starts for Marine Rescue

The volunteers at Marine Rescue Central Coast were active on first weekend of the New Year.

Late on Saturday morning, January 2, the three people on board a 5.5m half-cabin launch near Lions Park Woy Woy called for help due to a fuel problem.

They were towed to the Eulalia St Ramp at Davistown by Central Coast 22 skippered by Ian Radford and crew of Anthony Porter and Val Clifford.

Simultaneously, Central Coast 21 with newly appointed skipper Bob Sullivan in charge of his first rescue was despatched to Booker Bay to assist a 4.5m runabout with engine issues. Bob and his crew, Max Landells, Paul Degeling and Caitlin Tracey towed the vessel to Lintern St Ramp at Davistown.

At 12:33pm, Central Coast 21 was tasked to assist a 4.8m cuddy-cab runabout with engine failure at Lobster Beach.

The vessel, with four people on board was safely towed to the Lintern St Ramp.

The boat crews and radio operators were on standby throughout a quiet Sunday with no calls for assistance due to the poor weather conditions.

Media release, 4 Jan 2015

Ron Cole, Marine Rescue Central Coast