Helicopter rescues stranded fishermen off Exmouth
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Thu, 2008-11-27 11:37
TWO men have been rescued by helicopter after their fishing boat ran aground on a reef north-east of Exmouth Cape early today.
The
60 foot vessel Blue Horizon suffered battery failure and the skipper
was unable to restart the vessel after it ran aground in North Muiron
Islands.
A distress call was made around 5.30am morning and a nearby tender arrived and took the two men to shore.
They were later flown by helicopter back to Exmouth.
A 22-year-old man and his 23-year-old fishing companion were unhurt in the incident.
Salvage of the boat will be arranged by the owner on the next high tide.
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Rodrat
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Bloody hell
Sounds like some nice damage. Not a small boat either.
How do you run aground on a reef? Maybe no gps?
At least they are both ok.
Fishing isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more serious than that!!!
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till
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Perhaps they were anchored
Perhaps they were anchored near a reef, their anchor pulled and they ran aground before they could restart?
roberta
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Just read
it myself on perthnow site, something drastic must have happened, but they are all safe thats the main thing.
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Adam Gallash
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keen
Keen to be out there in this crap regardless of the size of boat!
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dumper
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Steve still own that boat
Steve still own that boat adam?
What were they doin out there, obviously not on a charter. wetlining maybe?
Adam Gallash
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Steve
Still Steve and he has just done it up too. Not sure what was going on re- activities, but think it was wetlining.
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