One survivor has been found after a fishing vessel with nine on board hit a rogue wave and capsized in New Zealand's Foveaux Strait.The survivor was plucked from the water about 6pm (4pm AEDT) on Thursday, after spending 18 hours in the water. It has also been reported that one body has been found.
Police said the Easy Rider sailed from Bluff on Wednesday evening with three crew and six passengers who were going to be dropped off on the Mutton Bird Islands at the Great South Cape.
The boat failed to rendezvous with a helicopter at about 2pm on Thursday. The helicopter pilot alerted police and they mounted a search and rescue operation.
The survivor was plucked from the sea around Bishops and Clerk Islands, to the west of Stewart Island.
He was taken to Southland Hospital where he told police that he was on deck with two others about midnight when a rogue wave hit, causing the boat to capsize almost immediately.
He said the rest of the passengers were in the wheelhouse.
"The survivor was able to pull himself up onto the hull where he remained for approximately two hours before the boat sank," Inspector Lance Todd of Invercargill police said in a statement. Read More
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