The kayakers dragged the stricken Gladstone fisherman, 73, out of the Calliope River in central Queensland on Sunday, however his unmanned fishing boat was left circling round uncontrollably.
A Queensland police officer le apt from one other boat into the runaway tinny, bringing the vessel below management.
The fisherman had been thrown out of his tinny after it was rocked by the wake of one other boat.
He sustained a hand damage from the blades of the motor when he tried to get again onboard, and three kayakers paddled over after seeing him in misery.
The kayakers, aged 28, 29 and 30, saved the fisherman afloat earlier than one other boat came to visit to take him safely to shore.
A police officer commandeered a vessel from the boat ramp and with its skipper travelled out to the uncontrolled tinny.
They nudged the circling tinny to power it right into a straight ahead trajectory, and the officer leaped into the empty vessel.
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