Yachtsman rescued off coast of Western Australia after vessel sinks
A 59-YEAR-OLD yachtsman has been rescued off the West Australian coast after setting off his emergency distress beacon when his vessel began sinking.
The distress signal was picked up at about 9.20pm (WST) on Tuesday, indicating the 13m yacht Scarlett was in trouble about 85km northwest of Dampier.
An Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) search and rescue aircraft was sent out from Perth, while the WA Water Police vessel Delphinus and local rig tender the far Swan put to sea.
An AMSA spokeswoman said friends of the yachtsman called the rescue coordination centre to say he had sent them a text message that his yacht had sunk and he was in his dinghy.
The search aircraft crew spotted the dinghy at about 1.50am (WST) on Wednesday around 30km east of the original satellite detection point.
The Delphinus arrived about an hour later to rescue the man and tow his dinghy back to Dampier.
He is reported to be uninjured and police will interview him to determine the cause of the sinking.
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From resale point of view is it harder to sell with vessel sink instead of laundry sink
It's going to be quite a while yet, but I'm doing some preliminary planning to eventually build our own house. Hubby's not being very helpful in all this, so I want to show him actual examples of what I'm talking about so I can get his opinion. 
