San Diego to Australia, but yacht lost on reef when almost there

5:14 AM Sun 3 Jul 2011 GMT

'Pacific Vision was lost on Llewelyn Reef just off the Australian coastline after crossing the Pacific from San Diego successfully' .

At the end of a long but successful voyage across the Pacific two long range cruising sailors had to be airlifted to safety by RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue (Rescue 300) after their yacht ran aground Llewellyn Reef early Sunday morning of this week, just short of the Australian coastline. RACQ was notified at 5.30 am of a distress beacon that had been detected going off near Llewellyn Reef ( 23? 41' 60 S 152? 10' 60 E), approximately 90Nm off the coast of Gladstone, and dispatched Rescue 300 to investigate. En route to the site, RACQ learned that the yacht, ...

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by Des Ryan