My mate and I were offshore fishing yesterday off Bunbury when we noticed orange smoke from a Distress flare coming from a nearby boat. As we headed over to help we saw another boat heading over to assist, I looked out on the horizon and saw 3 more boats coming to lend a hand. My 27meg radio was on channel 88 but did'nt hear any chit chat regarding the incident until sometime afterwards when the towing boat made contact with the strickened boat and asked him to go to another channel. Apparently the boat in distress lost all his electrics so he could'nt start the motor, the main point here is the way the other boats stopped everything and came to help the boat in distress the smoke flares must be visual for a great distance because we could'nt see the boats on the horizon untill well after we saw the smoke and the windy conditions dispersed the smoke within 10 minutes. It's good to know other people on the water are looking out for the safety of others, the people in the broken down boat were towed safely back to the boat ramp.

                                                     Big Kev