CoastGuard Mooloolaba's Gold crew undertook 2 catamaran sailing boat assists on Friday.
Channel: Coast Guard Mooloolaba QF6
Date: 2022-07-09

Gold crew undertook 2 catamaran sailing boat assists on Friday. The first, a solo yachtsman with broken anchor winch, needing help to haul the heavy anchor up, in Mooloolaba bay. The second was a cat that ran aground on the rocks in the river. We agreed with her skipper that towing or rafting their boat and dragging her off may cause more severe damage, so with about 2 hours to go to high tide we set up a kedge to help gently pull him off the rocks as the water level rose. A good example of why the river authorities want to prevent boats going at more than 6 knots and creating wash with their wakes. This would definitely cause significant harm to any vessel that found itself in a similar situation.