Relieved paddle boarder Rebecca Andrews is returned to shore near Moa Point by the Wellington Airport rescue boat. Wellington's wind can be ferocious, paddle boarder Rebecca Andrews learnt as she was caught in a staunch northerly heading towards the path of the Cook Strait ferries. MetService recorded northerly gusts of 72kmh at Wellington Airport between 11am and 1pm on Monday. Ross Giblin/Stuff Rebecca Andrews thanks the crew of the airport rescue boat as she returns to shore near Moa Point. READ MORE:* Wellington Water polls residents on dumping city's sewer in Cook Strait* Cook Strait sewage-dump suggestion labelled 'environmental vandalism'* Coronavirus: Wellington council discusses dumping wastewater in Cook StraitThe saviour was a Wellington Airport rescue boat, which plucked her and her board from the water and brought her back to dry land, where she happily admitted: “I made a bad judgment.”“It did not quite go to plan,” she said.

Source: Stuff August 31, 2020 01:30 UTC