Three Dead After Boat Capsizes off Batemans Bay

[IslandHopper]

News is just coming through, not many details at the moment...

Three dead after boat capsizes off Batemans Bay - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Very sad, not good news at all...

[rusky]

No good at all. Keep us posted. I didnt read what type of Catamaran it was.

[Golden Wattle]

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Police have suspended their search for a man who disappeared when a boat capsized off the NSW south coast, killing three people and injuring one other.
The 47-year-old was one of five people on board the five-metre Shark Cat when it capsized off Maloneys Beach near Batemans Bay just before 2pm (AEST).
A man and a woman, believed to be in their 70s, and a girl, believed to be aged 12, were pulled from the water but could not be revived.

Regards
GW

[GordMay]

SharkCats are small(er) open power boats.

[cat man do]

Heres one that was for sale Marine Auctions - Australia, Brisbane

The Volunteer coastguard (we don't have a big one like the US, all volunteers here) has used and probably still use them in some areas as rescue boats as they are incredibly capable rough water boats.

[Reefmagnet]

Looked more like a Markham Whaler in the news report. Pretty sure I even seen a "Whaler" logo on the rear. Totally different boat to a Shark Cat vis seaworthiness