A man has been rescued after being found hypothermic in the waters off Great Barrier Island. "This is an example of how the unexpected can happen so quickly out on the water", said Mark Leevers, Coastguard Duty Officer. "The man was prepared in that he was wearing his lifejacket and had recently purchased flares and [...]
Four men - aged 41, 43, 32 and 30 - were rescued after their boat capsized and sank off Falcon recently. It is understood one of the occupants of the 6m cabin cruiser activated an EPIRB attached to a lifejacket about 9.50pm. Mandurah Volunteer Marine Rescue and a police helicopter reached them an hour and a [...]
MIAMI — A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued four men southeast of Great Inagua, Bahamas, from their life raft after their vessel sank Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District command center received a distress signal from an emergency positioning indicating radio beacon (EPRIB) originating 50 nautical miles southeast of Bahamas. The watchstanders launched a deployed [...]
A couple of fishermen were rescued after spending two hours adrift in the ocean after their boat sank. The men were returning to Mackay Harbor after a morning fishing trip when the boat was swamped by a wave, took on water ans sank quickly. They were able to activate their EPIRB as the vessel sank. [...]
A fast-thinking tugboat crew and an EPIRB are credited for saving the life of a boater sinking off the coast of the Dominican Republic. John McCoy said he was prepared with the right equipment when his boat started sinking, and a tug boat crew happened to be in the right place at the right time to [...]
