Members of the NZ Navy have joined the Police Maritime Unit onboard the Lady Elizabeth lV searching the Endeavour Inlet area of the Marlborough Sounds for Marlborough man Craig Alfred PARTRIDGE, 45, lost overboard from his vessel early on Tuesday morning.
The Navy has sophisticated equipment which will provide an accurate picture of the entire seabed within plotted coordinates in the search area. The results of that will be available later this afternoon
Meanwhile shoreline searches will continue.
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