Four men have been rescued after their boat hit a log and sank within a few hundred metres of the Port of Napier this afternoon.
Hawke’s Bay Sports Fishing Club manager Neil Price confirmed the boat was one of more than 100 in the club’s annual Megafish tournament which started on Wednesday and ends on Saturday.
![Four men have been rescued after their boat hit a log and sank within a few hundred metres of the Port of Napier this afternoon.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/4DROGIMP65BPTMEXG6J5EEA3R4.jpg?auth=21ab55d1c728f0ec36a85384dd8cf42044292f32ec0ed0109c325a80c2af5c68&width=16&height=12&quality=70&focal=846%2C891&smart=false)
It happened about 3.30 pm as boats were returning from the sea to the inner harbour club where daily prizegiving was being held in the early evening.
Numerous boats, including Port of Napier pilot and tug boats, which were understood to have been involved in a shipping movement, were on the scene quickly and the men were taken aboard with rescuers.