Rescued from the storms

A man was rescued from the storms that battered the Peninsula on June 5.

Volunteers from the Marine Rescue Central Coast Unit were deployed to assist the man in a six metre punt whose engine had failed.

Skipper Mr Ken Sharp and his crew Mr Peter Alderton and Mr Mitch Giles on Central Coast 21 rescued the man and his boat near the mangroves 100m north of the Boatshed Restaurant on the waterfront at Koolewong.

The man phoned Marine Rescue when his motor failed.

At his request, he was taken to the safety of the wharf at the Boatshed Restaurant.

Media release, 6 Jun 2016

Ron Cole, Marine Rescue Central Coast Unit