Busy weekend for Marine Rescue

Marine Rescue Central Coast had a busy weekend on April 9 and 10, with four call outs to vessels requiring assistance.

The first call out was on Saturday, April 9, at around 1pm when two men on board a small speed boat reported that their propeller was tangled in a mooring line just off Noonans Point on Brisbane Water.

The owner of the mooring rowed out from his nearby house and spent about 30 minutes in the water untangling the mess.

The speed boat sustained significant damage to its steering gear and propeller shaft.

Rescue vessel Central Coast 22, crewed by volunteers Mr Al Howes, Mr Paul Hanlon and Mr Duncan Coles, towed the boat to Lions Park at Woy Woy.

A second mobile phone call was received at 2pm from one of two men in a 4.4m runabout in

Paddys Channel.

Their vessel had a flat battery.

Rescue vessel Central Coast 21 crewed by Mr Al Morris, Mr Paul Oliver and trainee, Mr Bill O'Brien, soon had them going with a jump start.

Water Police Marine Area Command tasked rescue vessel Central Coast 21 at 3pm to assist a 4.3m Haines Hunter runabout off Umina Beach with two men onboard.

Their boat had a mechanical failure and once located was towed back to the launching ramp at Lions Park, Woy Woy.

The Water Police made a further request on Sunday, April 10, at around 10:30am, tasking rescue vessel Central Coast 22 to assist a 5.5m half-cabin launch with a family of four aboard.

The vessel was at Lobster Beach with a mechanical problem.

Central Coast 22 soon had them underway for the long tow back to the Gosford boat ramp.

Media release, 11 Apr 2016

Ron Cole, Marine Rescue NSW Central Coast