AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2007
NSW: Mum's relief at rescue of son and friend after night in sea
The mother of a man who spent almost 14 hours clinging to his overturned yacht has
expressed her delight .. after he returned home safe and well.
26-year-old JOEL WILSON from Kingscliff ... on the NSW north coast .. and his friend
set out from Cudgen Creek .. in their four-metre catamaran.
MICHELLE GREEN says the men hit trouble about an hour before sunset .. when the yacht
overturned when they were riding a wave.
She raised the alarm when her son hadn't returned by 9.30pm (AEST) .. and two police
planes .. four helicopters and four boats began searching for the men and their boat ..
which had no navigational lights.
They were finally located about 7.30 this morning .. clinging to the yacht's upturned
hull about six kays off Brunswick Heads .. 30 kays south of where they set off.
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KEYWORD: CATAMARAN (SYDNEY)
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