A yacht on its way from Napier to Auckland was towed into Tauranga Coastguard early today.
The yacht had run out of wind and had no motor, says Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard operations manager Simon Barker.
'It's based in Auckland,” says Simon.
'They were on their way back there, they had a broken drive shaft.
'They were pretty good, but they were basically drifting around and not making any headway, so we picked them up and towed them in.”
There were two men on board.
TECT Rescue returned to Tauranga about 12.30am.
1 comment
Really?
Posted on 09-05-2011 21:12 | By tibs
If the yacht had no motor, as attributed to Simon Barker, why would a broken drive shaft be a worry? Also, if it had run out of wind, then they should have had more aboard? That's what they'd have told them if it had a motor and no broken driveshaft and it had run out of diesel. Or, was it just becalmed?
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