Coastguard Mana

• • Yacht shepherded back to Wellington

    • 13 Mar 2011
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 27/02/2011 - 06:00 - 14:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Porirua Rescue stood by the 9 metre yacht "Overload" this morning she was participating in the 2 handed around North Island race and damaged her shift keel mechanism in heavy seas North of Kapiti on Saturday. Horowhenua and Kapiti Coast units were involved in shepherding the yacht down to a safe anchorage overnight. The Coastguard Mana Incident Management Team became involved late Saturday evening and made contact with the yachts master and with members of the Mana Cruising Club for advice on getting "Overload" which draws 2.7 metres into safety at Mana. Vessel Details Length:  9.00m Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch Grant Porter Matt Annear Trevor Burgess tfarmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image:  read more
    • Tagged as:
    • kapiti
    • porirua

    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

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