Two men stranded when their yacht was damaged during a voyage across the Tasman Sea will return to dry land after a 72-hour rescue effort.
The pair are due to arrive in Sydney on Thursday afternoon aboard the NSW Police Force vessel Nemesis.
NSW Police said it's the furthest maritime rescue operation it has conducted.
The two men, John McEnallay and Keith Turner, both in their 70s, activated an emergency beacon on Monday morning after severe weather damaged the sails and electrical equipment of the yacht they were sailing on.
It slowly started taking on water as the men remained stranded about 330km east of Lord Howe Island.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Melbourne-based rescue aircraft as well as defence aircraft and merchant ships were directed to assist the men and figure out their location.
The Nemesis was then deployed to make the 925km journey to rescue the men and arrived at the scene about 11pm on Tuesday after a 36-hour journey.
The Nemesis and the rescued men are due in Sydney after 3pm.
