It was a busy day for the team at Marine Central Coast on March 20 after a number of vessels were found stranded along the Brisbane Water.
On Sunday morning, both Rescue Vessel Central Coast 11 (CC11) and Central Coast 21 (CC21) headed to St Huberts Island after hearing reports a vessel had run aground with CC11 arriving on scene first.
CC21 was flagged down by a skipper of another distressed vessel however the skipper was advised that they were on the way to another job and would return once they had completed the tasking.
Once CC21 arrived on scene it was decided the best method to pull the vessel off the mud would be to attach a line to the stern, as the vessel was in very shallow water.
“Regan took the towline from CC21 and got it over to the distressed vessel, the line was attached to the stern, and once it was safe to do so CC21 successfully pulled the vessel off the mud and into the channel,” Marine Central Coast said.
CC21 and CC11 then returned to the distressed vessel that flagged them down on the way to the previous job.
Again this vessel was aground, so Regan on CC11 took CC21’s towline across to the vessel and attached it to the vessel and pulled it out of the mud and into the channel.
The team then headed to Blackwall after a yacht was spotted to have also run aground.
“CC11 approached the yacht and found out that the three people on board the yacht had been there for three hours and did not know who to call,” Marine Central Coast said.
“Regan on CC11 again took CC21’s towline over to the yacht, made sure it was attached securely, and again once safe to do so CC21 successfully pulled another vessel out of the mud.
Maisy Rae