Boating / March 2013
April 2013 | February 2013-
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Runabout with electrical problems
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 10/03/2013 - 16:00 - 20:15 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 4 Total Volunteer Hours: 29 A runabout experienced electrical failure while 6 nautical miles SW of Kapiti Island. They were still able to contact Maritime Radio via their VHF radio and a callout was activated. Coastguard Mana dispatched CRV Trust Porirua Rescue to assist, but by the time they got there another vessel had supplied them with another battery and got them started. TPR escorted both vessels back to Mana. Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: Ben Ryan Chris Darch Jann Askew Lorna_Rolston Steve_Rolston Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- kapiti
- porirua
-40.88, 174.77
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Vessel breakdown off Mana Island
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 07/03/2013 - 09:30 - 13:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 20 A 5 metre runabout broke down in the middle of the northern part of Cook Strait. Total engine failure, all safety gear on board, good conditions. The initial recovery was performed by a fishing vessel with the tow handed to Coastguard Mana once on-scene. Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: Ben Ryan Chris Darch ChristopherPye Peter Feely Rod Hall CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
-41.1, 174.75
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