An air and water search after two mayday calls on Friday was called off on Saturday night.
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Around 3.40pm, two mayday calls came in – according to a Marine Rescue spokesman most of the transmission was garbled.
Around two hours later crew aboard the Toll rescue chopper spotted the dinghy in the water about 30 kilometres east of Wollongong.
The dinghy was empty and unmanned.
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Boats headed out to the area to find the dinghy but rough seas hampered their efforts and they could not find the craft.
A Marine Rescue spokesman said the air and sea search was suspended.
The spokesman said no one had been reported missing and all boats in the area had been accounted for.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
