Two men have been charged after a boat chase on Sussex Inlet.
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Police were called to a wharf after a collision between a half-cabin boat and a small runabout about 5.40pm on Saturday.
When the skipper of the boat allegedly refused a police order to stop, officers commandeered two private vessels and chased the boat which eventually stopped off Kangaroo Point, in the St Georges Basin.
"The occupants of the vessel then had an altercation with police and allegedly assaulted officers and damaged their uniforms and a police radio," police said.
The crew of a police boat and a marine rescue vessel rendered assistance and two men, aged 28 and 38, were arrested.
Police allege the 28-year-old skipper returned a positive alcohol reading of 0.144 and was charged with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol.
The 38-year-old man was charged with seven offences including obstructing, resisting and assaulting police and offensive behaviour. He will appear in Nowra Local Court on January 30.
AAP