When efforts to get the Primprow from the rocks initially failed, its eight Thai passengers and two crew members had to be rescued and were safely transported to a nearby island while marine police recovered it using a speed boat when the tide got higher before taking it back to Royal Phuket Marina.
Marine police rescue 10 from stranded yacht off Phuket
Marine police rescue 10 from stranded yacht off Phuket
PHUKET: Marine police were called to carry out an emergency rescue at 2pm yesterday (Sept 25) where a yacht had got stranded on some rocks due to low tide at Koh Khainok in Phang Nga. A rescue boat and speedboat were dispatched to rescue the yacht and its passengers.
Saturday 26 September 2015 01:38 PM
The Primprow got stranded on some rocks in Phang Gna due to low time.