Two men have been rescued after a fishing trawler sank suddenly in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf.<\/p>\n
The trawler was returning to port when it started taking on water near Moturekareka Island, just south of Kawau Island, just before 9pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Kawau Volunteer Coastguard said the skipper raised the alarm and turned the vessel towards shore.<\/p>\n
However, the trawler sank so quickly only the bow was still above water when the rescue boat arrived.<\/p>\n
The two fishermen on board, who were shocked but unhurt, had already made it to safety on a yacht anchored nearby.<\/p>\n
The Coastguard crew transferred the men to a second trawler that arrived later at the scene.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said it was “a salutary lesson” that disaster at sea could happen very quickly.<\/p>\n
He urged boaties to avoid the Kawau Bay area due a large amount of debris floating on the surface, including nets and boat parts.<\/p>\n
Vessels that were caught in a net or holed by floating debris could end up in the same situation, he said.<\/p>\n
The call for help came in at 8.49pm and a volunteer crew was at the dock and ready to go within 35 minutes, he said.<\/p>\n
He described it as “a great response” on the part of volunteers and also passed on “big thanks to the other boats that helped”.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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