It was another rescue-ready weekend for the Marine Rescue Central Coast team after a yacht was found stranded on the rocks at Ettalong on April 2.
The Central Coast 21 (CC21) team received the report from the NSW Police Marine Area Command on Saturday morning that the yacht had broken away from its mooring.
When CC21 arrived on scene, they were reluctant to assist as they were unsure if there was any damage to the vessel.
Public Relations officer, Mitch Giles, said CC21 assisted the vessel back into the water after the owner arrived.
“Due to the conditions and the depth, it was a little tricky to get a towline to the vessel, but after a bit of time they successfully passed a line and the owner attached it to his vessel,” Giles said.
“Once they got the vessel into deeper water, they towed it to a nearby mooring.
Not long after completing that assist CC21 was tasked to check a marker that had been displaced in the heavy seas.
“The seas were such that the crew of CC21 were unable to check the marker,” Giles said.
“Our radio operators at Point Clare did however advise boaters via radio of the loss of the marker and the proliferation of dangerous flotsam in the area.”
Maisy Rae