Volunteers from Marine Rescue Lemon Tree Passage assisted five people on the Karuah River after their 5 to 6 metre vessel grounded in shallow waters.
Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Steve Raymond said the request for assistance came in around 11.20am yesterday, Saturday 25 January.
“A volunteer crew on board Lemon Tree 30 was deployed under the direction of NSW Police Marine Area Command to assist.
“The crew searched the shallow river for the grounded vessel, which was located just after 11.45am.
“The five people on board had safely made it to a nearby beach.
“After inspecting the vessel in consultation with Water Police, it was unable to be uprighted safely.
“The five people were transferred by Marine Rescue NSW crew to a safe location at Karuah,” Inspector Raymond said.
NSW Maritime were advised of the location of the grounded vessel.
Marine Rescue NSW is a volunteer based not-for-profit professional organisation dedicated to keeping boaters safe on the water and supporting local communities.
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