Towing a boatload of people back from Pane Pane Point and turning out to a report of a yacht capsized in Pilot Bay were the only emergency calls made to the Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard over the weekend.

The coastguard received a report of a capsized yacht in Pilot Bay with people sitting on the upturned hull, says Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard administration manager Barry Elshaw.

'We were called, but by the time we got there the people had uprighted it,” says Barry, who noted it was a small yacht.