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Coastguard Mana / June 2012

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.

July 2012 | May 2012
    • Runabout broken down on "The Bridge"
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 21/04/2012 - 16:00 - 17:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  10 A 20ft vessel broke down near the south end of Mana Island after encountering Kelp on the shallow area between Green Point and Mana Island, known as "The Bridge". There were 3 people on board and had been fishing in the area. They were wearing lifejackets and made contact with Police, contact method unknown at time of writing. Coastguard Mana was called out by Police and CRV Trust Porirua Rescue was dispatched to tow them home with 6 crew on board. The vessel was taken under tow and safely returned to Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  6.00m Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch Denis Fairfax Jann Askew Paul Craven Peter Francis Rachel Porter Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua
      • -41.098, 174.78999


    • Navigation marker replacement
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 25/05/2012 - 08:00 - Wed, 27/06/2012 - 16:00 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  0 Total Volunteer Hours:  4800 TPR and vrew assisted Greater Wellington Regional Council with replacing the navigation markers in Onepoto Harbour. TPR towed the dredge to each marker, held in place until the dredge secured itself in place then waited for the marker to be replacved and move onto the next one. Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch Grant Porter Peter Feely Peter Tse Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image: 
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua
      • -41.117642, 174.852219


    • Support For Plimmerton Mid- Winter Swim
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 17/06/2012 - 10:00 - 13:30 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  200 Total Volunteer Hours:  28 4WD at Karehana Bay and liased with swim organisers. CRV Pelorus at Karehana Bay. Performed Man Overboard exercises, before the event, and simulated victim recovery along with land based crew. During event Pelorus monitored swimmers while land based crew observed from shore. Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch ChristopherPye Jann Askew Peter Feely Rod Hall Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • boating
      • emergency-services
      • kapiti

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