Coastguard Mana

• • Broken down yacht assisted into marina

    • 13 Feb 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 12/02/2013 - 20:50 - 23:50 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  33 A 35ft yacht with 3 people on board ran into difficulty when their engine broke down at Cape Jackson, at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound. They then had to make the decision whether to attempt to sail into Marlborough Sounds, sail across Cook Strait and moor up in the lee of Mana Island or attempt to get back into Mana Marina where their berth is. They decided to request assistance from Coastguard Mana to get back into Mana Marina as there was strong wind forecast for later that evening, followed by a southerly the following day. Vessel Details Length:  10.50m Resources Attendees:  AngelicaT Ben Ryan ChristopherPye Jann Askew Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Matt Annear Paul Craven Peter Feely Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 142 months ago
    • Tagged as:
    • porirua

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• porirua - Hand tagged by autotagger

• places - Ancestor of tag porirua
• boating - Publisher tag
• sport - Ancestor of publisher tag boating
• emergencyservices - Publisher tag
• kapiti - Publisher tag
• places - Ancestor of publisher tag kapiti

• -41.095, 174.82 - Resources own geo tag
• Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand - Porirua tag geocode

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