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Coastguard Mana / March 2010

Coastguard Mana is an affiliated member of Coastguard New Zealand and is a Unit of Coastguard Central Region. We are based at the Mana Cruising Club / Mana Marina on the west coast of the North Island, just up the road from Wellington. Our area of responsibility covers the Mana inshore recreational area and the northern end of Cook Strait across to the top of the Marlborough Sounds.

April 2010 | February 2010
    • Porirua Grand Traverse
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 28/03/2010 - 08:00 - Wed, 31/03/2010 - 17:30 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  59 Coastguard Mana provided on-water support for the Porirua Grand Traverse kayaking leg.
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua

        • -41.125146, 174.840272


    • Bunnings Community Day
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 20/03/2010 - 09:00 - 15:00 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  0 This event was a chance for a range of groups to raise awareness and Bunnings is encouraging charities, sporting groups and non-profit organisations such as CG to take part. CG Mana participated by raffling off some items for fundraising and provided general information to interested parties. Resources Attendees:  Maeleen Owen CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

        • -41.135393, 174.836276


    • Practical Training
      • Three groups split up. One went out on Protector, one went out on Pelorus and the other stayed in the base and did radio work between both vessels. The Protector crew took the boat out the channel and over the bar a couple of times to do some nighttime practice crossing the bar, holding station in the wind and navigating with the lights. The Pelorus crew operated inshore under the Paramata bridge and in the marina doing manouvering, etc.
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

    • Yachties rescued as yacht sinks off Plimmerton after hitting rocks
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 18/03/2010 - 21:45 - Fri, 19/03/2010 - 00:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 A Wellington couple aged in their 70's are lucky to be alive after their 25 foot yacht hit rocks off Plimmerton Beach near Wellington on Thursday night. The couple phoned Police on 111 from a cell phone at approximately 9.45pm after their boat hit rocks a few hundred metres off shore; losing power and taking on water. The Police, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Coastguard were all sent to the aid of the couple, who managed to climb into a small dinghy (in choppy conditions) as their boat sank beneath them. Vessel Details Length:  7.60 Resources Attendees:  Gary Spence Jimmy Trist Paul Craven Peter Francis Peter Tse tfarmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado Attachments Image:  read more
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

    • Practical Training
      • Date:  Tue, 16/03/2010 Practical excercises to plan and assess the best practice for tying a boat (CRV Pelorus) alongside the new Protector. Issues were identified with cleat numbers, placement and size. These will be resolved in the near future. An on the water towing excercise will put this to the test next week. Turnout:  13 people
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

    • Teddy Bear's Picnic
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 07/03/2010 - 11:00 - 16:00 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  200 Coastguard Mana made an appearance for the Children’s Day Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Fishing Carnival at Aotea Lagoon. We set up a display to provide pamphlets and information on safe boating as well as taking approximately 250 children on boat rides around the lagoon. The day was a huge success with lots of happy children enjoying the nice sunny weather and getting a chance to have a go in a boat, many for the first time ever. Thanks to all the volunteer crew who turned up to help - without the many helpers it would have been tough to keep all those exited children in line! Click 'read more' to see photos. Resources Attendees:  Chris Seaton Gary Spence Jimmy Trist Maeleen Owen Mark Presling Paul Craven tfarmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado Attachments Image:  Video File:  Use SwfTools Module to play FLV files if you only convert/upload FLV videos or FlowPlayer Module must be enabled in order to play FLV videos with other types. read more
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

        • -41.119776, 174.85761


    • Flashing light sighted
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 02/03/2010 - 23:30 - Wed, 03/03/2010 - 00:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  0 Police received a call from a member of the public regarding a sighting of a light flashing intermittently off the coast of Plimmerton towards Mana Island. Coastguard Mana were tasked to go out and search for the source of the light to ensure that it was not a distress signal. A yellow "special mark" was found floating near the "reef" in the entrance to Plimmerton. This mark was a research buoy that had a yellow flashing light on top of it that flashed the sequence of 5 flashes every 15 seconds. Resources Attendees:  Chris Seaton Gary Spence Mark Presling Paul Craven Rod Hall CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua

        • -41.080726, 174.844515


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