Missing catamaran rescued after two days adrift

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Two men aged 67 and 61 were found alive and well on Saturday September 27, 2025, after their “poorly maintained” vessel failed to make the journey from the NSW Mid North Coast to Queensland.

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00:00On Saturday morning an 8.4 metre catamaran left the Clarence River at Yamba and was meant to

00:07travel north with the destination of the Gold Coast. Unfortunately it never made that destination

00:13and part of the reason it didn't make that destination it was a very underpowered,

00:18it was poorly maintained and should not have proceeded to sea. We did eventually find them

00:23alive and well late last night after using some triangulation off a Telstra tower which gave us

00:29position to send marine rescue to and we found that vessel adrift, no power, no navigation lights,

00:36no safety equipment. However two men were alive and well. Marine rescue towed that vessel in in the

00:43early hours of the morning and that came and returned to Yamba at first light this morning

00:48about 7 a.m. These two men are lucky to be alive. These two men probably should have perished at sea

00:54if it wasn't for the quick actions of police, AMSA and marine rescue in saving their lives.

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