Teens rescued from stranded runabout
Two Niagara Park teenagers were taken on board a Marine Rescue vessel after their 3.4 metre aluminium open runabout suffered engine problems on Brisbane Water, east of the Rip Bridge, late on Saturday afternoon, January 13
Marine Rescue Central Coast was alerted and sent its main vessel, Central Coast 21, crewed by deputy unit commander Mr Andrew McKellar, Mr Paul Broad and Mr Michael Kerr.
The boys were uninjured but, as the boat was to be towed to Lions Park at Woy Woy and the tide was on the way out, it was decided to transfer the two teens onto CC21 for safety.
The two mates and their boat were safely transported to Woy Woy.
Engine troubles also seemed to plague other local boaters over the weekend.
The Marine Rescue unit received a call from the skipper of a seven-metre boat with engine troubles mid-Saturday afternoon.
The craft with six people from Wamberal aboard was stranded in the Woy Woy channel near Lions Park.
Rescue boat Central Coast 21 towed the stricken vessel to the Koolewong marina and, after making sure everyone on board was safe, returned to the base at Point Clare.
Later in the day, engine failure caused a five-metre open runabout to run aground on a sandbar near Half Tide Rocks adjacent to Ettalong.
The skipper, from Copacabana, agreed his vessel should be towed to Davistown due to the low tide.
SOURCE:
Media release, 14 Jan 2024
David Wicks, Marine Rescue Central Coast