Vessel in Distress off Turtle Bay Abrolhos today
Submitted by Wazza79 on Wed, 2017-05-10 14:38
Just wondering if any of the sea search and rescue members on here have any updates on the vessel in distress off Turtle Bay at Abrolhos this morning. Got a call from a mate in Gero. Apparently Craig from Saltwater Charters was in the area and offered assistance. Doesn't sound too good for the other boat though. Not sure if it was a commercial vessel or rec. Swell would've been pumping out there today too.
Rob H
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Swell jumped up quickly from
Swell jumped up quickly from nothing to 3 or 4 meters last night.
Fingers crossed for whoever it is...
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little johnny
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My boy out that
Way yesterday arvo. Picked up big time. Skipper called it quits ,They made it back to port midnight ,in gero last night.
Stevo81
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Not 100% clear what happened
Not 100% clear what happened but I believe a big private vessel sitting nicely on top of the reef western corner of turtle bay. Fairly high up, u can see the bottom paint
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Wazza79
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Wow!!
Yeah, would've been pretty crazy out there! Still unable to speak make contact with the boys via phone but believe everyone is ok and accounted for.
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Tim
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info
https://thewest.com.au/news/regional/yacht-aground-with-passengers-on-board-ng-b88472000z
sunshine
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What they didn't set an anchor alarm
Makes one wonder at times
Rob H
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Yes true, even more so if
Yes true, even more so if using the public moorings.
At least with your own ground tackle you know whats there.
The moorings get flogged to death by people who ignore the restrictions on size etc
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bunfish
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looks like Phoenix! private
looks like Phoenix! private that was in Gero late last week.
ranmar850
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Anchor alarms are pretty useless..
...in tight mooring areas. Ok if you are anchored out wide at sea, set your alarm radius for a couple of miles. In small areas, you need to set them to a tight radius, and in my experience, they keep giving false alarms and waking you up for nothing. And yes, people just see a mooring and jump on. Any mooring exposed to swell movement will have the chain close to the bottom well sandblasted down, I've seen several boats go adrift at Kalbarri when we used to have all those moorings out at Jacques and the Bluff for when the river was shallow. Last link looked like bait wire.
Rob H
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I disagree
I disagree.
If you set your anchor alarm AS YOU PICK UP the mooring or let go your pick, then set the radius at 100 meters, or 50 meters you are generally ok.
If you set your alarm after you have hung back on it, straight up you've introduced an error for false alarms.
In older times when the US has "Selective availibility" activated what your saying is true.
Nowadays, there is something wrong with your GPS (or its a very old one) if it regularly plots you more than 100 meters from where you are.
And of course the way to check this is activate the track while tied to the wharf overnight and see how far it "thinks" you have moved.
In this case, it looks like hes drifted alot further than a few meters
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jayce
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Was on a public mooring but
Was on a public mooring but broke the mooring line.
My mates neice is working on the boat at the moment and his brother skippered it back to perth last week before the new skipper took it back up there.
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VMR post
https://www.facebook.com/GeraldtonVMR/photos/pcb.628341520688612/628341234021974/?type=3&theater
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andym
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Boat was called Destiny. Was
Boat was called Destiny. Was parked next to it last. Week. Nice rig with a 9 m Niad with twin 275 verados as the tender !!!
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I thought the same, looks
I thought the same, looks very similar but not Destiny
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Why not just keep
Why not just keep watches?
Have surfed the point at turtle bay. Seemed fat but could've been the tide. In saying that wouldnt want to anchor anywhere near there in that size swell
Reefmonkey
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Was in Turtle Bay at the
Was in Turtle Bay at the time, not a good situation to be in. Privately owned boat with an employed crew. Swell was driving it bow to the beach harder aground and wasnt budging after 930 tide was on its way out too. Not sure if they got it off today on the next high but was looking doubtful. Was already holed but not badly was what i heard.
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jayce
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Fisheries Boat took a couple
Fisheries Boat took a couple of "FREAK" waves through the windscreen that flooded wheelhouse and wrecked all the electrics yesterday aswell and had to get towed to shore.
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Phoenix Update
The motor yacht "Phoenix" that was driven aground after breaking free from its mooring at Turtle Bay in the Abrolhos has been refloated and returned to Geraldton.
At last report she was once again high and dry, this time in Geraldton Boat Lifters yard at the Fishermen's Harbour.
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Could of been worse
Good result in the end then considering. Cheers for ths update
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Rob H
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Great to see you guys on
Great to see you guys on here!
There are at least a few Geraldton members here and many who travel the Abrolhos waters!
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More photos on Gero VMR's Farcebook page
Phoenix on the hard at Geraldton Boat Lifters
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I've heard another story of
I've heard another story of a Naiad being towed up that way and being snapped off and lost because they didn't have the scuppers open. Anyone hear of that?
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