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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Celestyal Cruises has confirmed it will deploy a second ship around the Greek islands this summer.
The line earlier said it would offer trips on Celestyal Crystal from May 29th, taking guests around the eastern Mediterranean.
She will be joined by Celestyal Olympia from June 28th, with the latter offering a new ‘Legendary Archipelago’ itinerary.
Both ships will be sailing from Celestyal’s dedicated terminal at Lavrion Port & Marina on the outskirts of Athens.
The ‘Legendary Archipelago’ trips will call in Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Santorini, Agios Nikolaos (Crete) and Rhodes in Greece, as well as Limassol in Cyprus.
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