Porirua / February 2012
March 2012 | January 2012-
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Swimmers caught in tidal stream in channel
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 09/02/2012 - 16:30 - 16:45 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 1 Two swimmers were caught in the tidal flow exiting the channel into Porirua Harbour on an outgoing tide. This pushed them out of the channel entrance towards Goat Point. The swimmers were spotted waving and screaming for assistance and Coastguard Mana was activated by Police to assist. A training crew was already onboard Trust Porirua Rescue in the marina, engines fired up and ready to depart on a training excercise, when the call came through. They were able to depart immediately and were on scene within 3 minutes of the call from Police. Resources Attendees: Chris Darch Gary Spence Mark Presling Peter Feely Rod Hall Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
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Boat broken down near Ohau Point
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 04/02/2012 - 18:00 - 23:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 15 Coastguard Mana was tasked by Police to recover a broken down vessel with three people on board from Ohau Point, south of Makara Beach. When CRV Trust Porirua Rescue arrived on scene it was discovered that two of the people had already been returned by another vessel to Makara Beach. The remaining person was towed back to Mana. The vessel was a 17ft runabout that had experienced mechanical failure. Vessel Details Length: 5.30m Resources Attendees: Grant Porter Rachel Porter Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image:
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- makara
- porirua
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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