Premium Content Subscriber only A Volunteer Marine Rescue crew has come to the aid of a skipper whose 36-foot (11m) sailboat began taking on water off Newry Island. Mastermyne 5 skipper Charles Linsley said VMR was towing the broken-down vessel back to safety at the Mackay Marina. "They had an engine failure and couldn't get back to Mackay so they requested a tow back," Mr Linsley said. "The engine failure was partly caused by taking on water." The Volunteer Marine Rescue Mackay Mastermyne 5 boat towing an 11m sailboat back to the Mackay Marina from Newry Island after it began taking on water on Monday, December 28, 2020. Picture: VMR Mackay.