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A spokesperson for the RCCNZ said they received an EPIRB alert from a yacht 60 nautical miles east-south-east of Hastings.
Coast Guard watchstanders received an EPIRB alert, and directed a cruise ship and an aircrew team to assist the distressed vessel.
The sailor activated the personal EPIRB beacon on his life jacket, as the main SAR equipment got trapped underneath the boat.
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
