The team were paged yesterday teatime to a report of a small boat sinking in the surf line at Knoll beach.
On arrival a small boat was located submerged and with concern for the owner, coastguard rescue officers were deployed into the water to check the boat. Just as they entered the water the owner appeared saying he had anchored the boat and been for a walk.
With the owner safe, the next step was to prevent pollution from the fuel kept on board. Several fuel cans were removed along with other items to ensure they didn’t float away. The boat was anchored and with the owner safe it was left with him to recover the boat at a safe point during a low tide.
Earlier in the day the team had located a missing child and assisted a kite surfer with recovering some equipment.
On returning to the station after the sunken boat information was received regarding a missing person in town and the team prepared to deploy to start searching. Thankfully the police located the person safely.
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