THE crew of a Melbourne yacht who risked their lives to rescue sailors from a sunken competitor in mountainous seas during an open water race have been recognised for their bravery.
Trybooking.com's Grant Dunoon, Peter Fetch, Ross Fisher and Kim Walker were presented with the Australian Search and Rescue Award at a dinner on Wednesday night.
They battled huge swells and wind gusts reaching 70 knots in the middle of the night to rescue six yachtsmen from the Inception, which sank during the Melbourne to Port Fairy race in Easter this year.
Inception had started taking on water about seven nautical miles off Port Campbell and issued a mayday before sinking a short time later and leaving all six crew members in the water.
The nomination for the Trybooking.com crew read that they had displayed outstanding seamanship to bring their yacht alongside the men in the water in six-to-10-metre seas, and pulled them aboard at great risk to themselves.
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