Boaties Derek Robinson and Tony Higgins, missing for days off SA coast, call a friend to say they're 'alive and well' - ABC News

One of two men on board a boat that disappeared off the South Australian coast has made contact, just hours after a police search was called off.

Goolwa men Tony Higgins and Derek Robinson were reported missing by a friend on Sunday, amid high seas, and the search for them was called off last night.

They left Coffin Bay, on the Eyre Peninsula, last Thursday, and had not been heard from since Friday, when they reported propeller trouble.

Overnight, one of the men called a family member and said both were alive and well.

A police launch is now heading out to where the boat is believed to be — at Salt Creek, south-east of Adelaide — and is expected to arrive shortly.

The men's boat, called Margrel, left Coffin Bay on September 3 on its way to Goolwa.(Supplied: SA Police)

It is expected more will be known before 7:00am.

The missing men were in a 10-metre wooden-hulled boat which they were intending to fix up.

The search over the past four days covered more than 103,000 square kilometres, with help from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Royal Australian Air Force and Kangaroo Island and Volunteer Marine Rescue, as well as police.

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2020-09-09 20:32:00Z
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