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Four men rescued after yacht hit reef

The crew were sailing from Adelaide to Portland when around 1:30am last Sunday, 10th May 2015, they hit a reef. They activated an EPIRB and deployed their liferaft. Search and rescue were notified and SA Police launched a search in poor weather conditions. The crew were found safe within a few hours near sand dunes 10km north of Beachport.

Brevet sergeant Peter Phillips told ABC news: “One had a fairly nasty gash above his eye and another one was actually concussed as a result of their emergency life raft flipping over as they were trying to get to shore."
“There is a large hole in bottom of the vessel, caused by the reef. It’s filled with water as well, it’s fairly waterlogged, there’s sand all through the vessel.
“There’s no doubt that their experience in this incident is the reason they have survived this.
“They were all wearing life jackets, they had flares which they activated, they also had two EPIRBs on board.”

The crew were taken to Mount Gambier Hospital for observation.

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