NZ yachtsman got into trouble off Norfolk Island

by Radio New Zealand on 19 Nov 2017

A Defence Force Hercules aircraft and a commercial fishing boat were called into help search for the man after he activated a distress beacon at 6:15am. Supplied to RNZ

A New Zealander has been picked up from his life raft in three metre seas and 30 knot winds after his yacht sunk off the coast of Norfolk Island. A Defence Force Hercules aircraft and a commercial fishing boat were called into help search for the man after he activated a distress beacon at 6:15am, 166 kilometres east of Norfolk Island. The C-130 Hercules spotted the man, who was being buffeted by strong winds and 3m swells, just before midday.

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