After failed attempts to repair their yacht, a sailing couple activated their Cospas-Sarsat emergency beacon in the Coral Sea, approximately 70nm south east of Cooktown, Queensland.
AMSA’s Cairns based Search and Rescue aircraft located the vessel and guided a nearby motor cruiser to the scene to provide assistance and then transferred them to a Cairns water police vessel for return to shore.
Read more here:
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/foreign-couple-rescued-from-stricken-yacht-near-cairns-after-getting-caught-up-in-rough-seas/story-fnjpusyw-1227097865757