Got a call from Carnarvon sea rescue base at 1800 last night that a boat was overdue,so headed off down to the base,pissed off because I had just opened my second can!!
Many radio calls,phone calls to local and water police came to dead ends.Trailer number plates from the boat ramp were traced and owners notified and our vessel register and water police data base couldn't come up with the name of the boat in question.On advice of the local cops a radio watch was maintained through the night,I got to bed just before midnight with the alarm set at 0400 for a run to the gap area of the islands to have a look just in case.Unfortunately our rescue boat had done an alternator in on Sunday morning and the earliest Smithy,our local auto sparky could get to it was 0700 this morning so we had to use a members 7 metre boat.
We arrived back to shore at 1100 having done something in the region of 120 nautical miles and nothing to report.

All up there were 2 members who had to take a day off work,one from monitoring the radio untill 0500 when Carnarvon weather could take over the watch,the other chap was the boat owner,my hours don't count,the time local and water police took checking rego's of vehicles,boats.tralers at the boat ramp etc and last of all the 170-180 litres of petrol used.

I would love to publish the name of the boat in question but ???