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30-year-old Melbourne man activated his EPIRB after he slipped on rocks whilst fishing at Tully Gorge Camping Grounds.
Five seconds after the whale’s collision, an alarm sounded, warning that the boat was filling with water and the sailor dispatched the EPIRB.
The sailors had to abandon the vessel and board a dinghy that was attached to their boat and then deploy an emergency locator beacon.
The boatie set off his Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), before anchoring the boat and waiting for the rescue chopper to arrive.
The SAR team received a personal locator beacon signal at 1am this morning; a further nine have since been activated this afternoon.
The emergency position indicating radio beacon onboard the motor vessel Lets Go Gonave was activated. Â
An emergency locator beacon pinpointed the man and his stricken craft. He was plucked from the sea by the two Navy divers.
Water Police responded to an EPIRB activation at the mouth of the Daly River from a commercial vessel in distress
The trio had an EPIRB, which transmitted a continuous distress call. The Australia Maritime Safety Authority picked up around 1 p.m.
