Disabled vessel 40 nautical miles east of Rosslyn Bay Harbour. Pic: Leigh Deutscher.
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Rough seas with strong waves made it hard for the Yeppoon Coast Guard Bravo Crew to carry out a rescue over the Easter weekend.
The Coast Guard was contacted by the Queensland Ambulance Service at 8pm on Sunday, April 4, requesting assistance with the medivac of a patient with non-life-threatening injuries from Great Keppel Island.
A crew was assembled but as there were waves of three metres and winds of 35 knots gusting to 40 knots, it was decided to delay the activation.
The following morning QAS paramedics joined a crew on Yeppoon Rescue 1, skippered by Barry Semple, and departed Rosslyn Bay Harbour at 7.30am for GKI.
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ALTHOUGH strong winds kept most boaties at home, Central Queensland Coast Guards were hard at work last week.
Below is a diary of their significant tasks.
Monday
On Monday, an empty aluminium boat floating off Keppel Sands was the trigger for a search for a possible missing occupant.
At 3.58pm Keppel Sands Coast Guard was contacted by Yeppoon Coast Guard, advising that a member of the public had reported a vessel drifting fast in the strong winds.
The vessel appeared to have come from Cooroman Creek and was drifting across the front of Keppel Sands. There was no sign of an occupant.