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It could be considered the greatest show the Forster Tuncurry has seen judging by the large crowd of curious onlookers eager to catch a glimpse of the salvage operation of the Midnight Blue.
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In the early hours of April 25 the 33 foot cruiser ran aground after the vessel’s skipper misjudged the entrance to the harbour.
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He was later arrested and charged with high range PCA (marine).
While the Midnight Blue’s owner fronted Forster Local Court on Wednesday, April 26, the vessel’s new owners and local keen game fishermen, Ossie Collins and Ken Grezik had organised a large crane and prime mover to rescue it from the northern end of Forster’s Main Beach.