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Another Bermi fishboat runs out fuel: Updated
Lightning strikes twice as rescue gets underway for second fishing boat with fuel problems chasing tuna off BermaguiTake home tip: "A good rule of thumb is to give yourself a third of the tank to get where you’re going, a third to get back and a third in reserve for the unexpected."
(UPDATE: The cause of the problem was a faulty fuel pump that would not deliver fuel to the engine. Volunteers from Marine Rescue Bermagui reached the disabled vessel in approx. 1 hour 15 mins and took it in tow. The return journey was uneventful and completed in three and a half hours.)
Marine Rescue volunteers have been called to rescue the second vessel to experience fuel issues while fishing wide off Bermagui for tuna in the last two days.
Volunteers from Marine Rescue Bermagui has again been called to rescue a fishing boat stranded far offshore after it said it ran out of fuel – only two days after an almost identical emergency operation.
The NSW Police Force Marine Area Command at Eden tasked the Marine Rescue crew at 10.30am to rescue the 8.3m boat adrift 24 nautical miles (24km) out to sea with four people on board.
Bermagui 30 was dispatched with crew members Steven Angelo, Ray McLeod and Mark Donnelly aboard. It took a little over an hour to reach the vessel’s location and a more than three hours to tow it home.
On Thursday, this same rescue crew undertook a marathon 10-hour operation when a 10m flybridge cruiser with six people on board ran out of fuel 35 nautical miles (65km) east on the edge of the Continental Shelf.
Acting Monaro Regional Controller Glenn Sullivan said today’s operation was taking place in less favourable conditions than on Thursday, with a Strong Wind Warning current for Eden and Batemans waters.
"There is a run of tuna on out wide at present and this seems to be attracting these vessels. I strongly urge anyone else planning to go offshore fishing to ensure that they carry sufficient fuel for the journey," Mr Sullivan said.
"A good rule of thumb is to give yourself a third of the tank to get where you’re going, a third to get back and a third in reserve for the unexpected.
"Once again, these boaters are fortunate that Marine Rescue NSW has the skilled and experienced volunteers and the modern and reliable vessels and technology vital to undertake rescue operations on this scale."
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