Boaties keep Coastguard on toes

Nearly all of Coastguard's Auckland rescue boats are out on the water going to the aid of boaties today.

Coastguard says the flurry of activity started around 8am with a rope caught around the propeller of a boat, and and the calls for help have just kept coming since then.

Northern region duty officer Peter Seymour-Nash said staff are dealing with quite a few mechanical failures, fuel problems, a couple of flat batteries and a stuck anchor.

Mr Seymour-Nash said a lot of people are taking advantage of the milkd weather and hitting the water.

- Newstalk ZB