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Coastguard Mana / June 2013

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 2013 | April 2013
    • Assisted dismasted yacht
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 25/04/2013 - 10:00 - 13:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  30 CRV Trust Porirua Rescue and Pelorus responded to a Police callout for a dismasted yacht 2 miles south of Mana Island.The yacht had gear failure and the mast, boom and mainsail were hanging over the port side.Porirua Rescue passed bolt cutters to the yacht so they could cut away the rigging. On cutting away the rigging an attempt was made to marker buoy the gear with a buoy from Pelorus, this was unsucessful. Once the gear was freed from the yacht she made her own way under power to Mana Marina attended by Porirua Rescue and Pelorus. Vessel Details Length:  12.00m Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Chris Darch ChristopherPye james bass Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Peter Feely Peter Tse Steve_Rolston Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua
      • -41.116349, 174.782696


    • Three men in a dinghy with engine failure
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:30 - 17:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  10 CRV Trust Porirua Rescue responded with six crew to a Police callout.An aluminium dinghy with three men on board had engine failure east of Mana Island.On reaching the scene the vessel Millicent had the dinghy under tow. The tow was transferred to Porirua Rescue and two men were also transferred from the dinghy to increase free board on the dinghy. The dinghy was towed to the Paremata Bridge launch ramp. The two men on Porirua Rescue were dropped off at the Mana Marina Coastguard berth. Vessel Details Length:  3.20m Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch james bass Matt Annear Peter Feely Rod Hall Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua
      • paremata
      • -41.100828, 174.804153


    • Cliff Rescue
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 09/06/2013 - 01:30 - 05:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  31 Two people fell over a cliff along the coastline near Boom Rock. One person was recovered but the other could not be found. Coastguard were tasked to search along the shore and cliff face using night vision equipment.Person found injured by on-shore search party on the cliff. Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Matt Annear Neil Cornwell Peter Feely Peter Tse Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
      • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
      • Tagged as:
      • porirua
      • -41.167517, 174.75911


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