A multi-agency rescue mission was launched after the Spirit of Mateship crew raised the alarm around lunchtime on Monday.

Two sailors have been rescued by a NSW police vessel after being stranded hundreds of kilometres off the NSW coast for almost 24 hours.

Rescue operation was suspended overnight but police vessel reached the Spirit of Mateship yacht off Nowra coast shortly after sunrise

Two people have been rescued from "terrible" sea conditions after they were stranded on a yacht overnight nearly 200km off the New South Wales coast.

Two people have been rescued from "terrible" sea conditions after they were stranded on a yacht overnight nearly 200km off the New South Wales coast.

Two people have been rescued from "terrible" sea conditions after they were stranded on a yacht overnight nearly 200km off the New South Wales coast.

Two people have been rescued from "terrible" sea conditions after they were stranded on a yacht overnight nearly 200km off the New South Wales coast.

Exhausted sailors are back on dry land and uninjured after a mammoth rescue mission hundreds of kilometres offshore.

Exhausted sailors are back on dry land and uninjured after a mammoth rescue mission hundreds of kilometres offshore.

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