Marine Rescue Ballina has helped a solo sailor in danger of hitting rocks
The alarm was raised by a paddle boarder on the Richmond River before an emergency crew came to the yacht’s aid.
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Marine Rescue Ballina has come to the aid of a lone sailor who got into trouble in the Richmond River at Ballina.
A member of the public raised the alarm on Tuesday morning.
“A person on a paddle board on the Richmond River reported a 30-foot yacht with one person on board dragging anchor and in danger of colliding with a rock wall,” Marine Rescue NSW reported.
They responded to the scene with rescue vessel BA 30, to find the yacht grounded on a sandbar and unable to extricate itself.
The Marine Rescue team pulled the yacht off the sandbar and towed it to its mooring.
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