Day: July 31, 2015

Hastings was a welcome port of call last night for a skipper of a stricken yacht, plucked to safety by water police. The drama  began to unfold at about 3pm yesterday an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was activated on an 8 metre yacht which was having difficulty in 5 metre swells. The Latrobe Valley Air Ambulance (HEMS2) and a fixed wing aircraft were dispatched to locate the stricken vessel and found it approximately 29 nautical miles off Wonthaggi. They were unable to winch the skipper, a man in his 60s from Geelong, from the yacht and called in…