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"There is little better than a day out on the water. Whether it's a gentle sail, a blast up the coast, lines over the side, a dive to explore the bottom, or a get together with mates....
...there is little worse than finding yourself in trouble in that patch of paradise, wishing that you knew more, or that your family or crew could get you and your boat safely back to shore if ever they had to."
Coastguard looks out for the safety of every person who goes to sea off our coast or enjoys any of the region's harbours, or beaches.
Coastguard Mana are currently on standby for tasking by Police to resume the search for the missing swimmer at Titahi Bay, and/or support other operations such as the Police dive squad.
The search for the missing swimmer at Titahi Bay resumed at 0800 on Sunday morning. A large search was performed by Coastguard Mana's vessels Trust Porirua Rescue and CRV Pelorus. Shoreline searches were performed around the whole of Mana Island and all the way down the West coast as far as Makara Beach, while Titahi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club covered the shoreline and immediate area around Titahi Bay.
Sea conditions were very rough with 1-2m waves and up to 30 knots of NW wind (slightly less than the previous day).
Coastguard Mana was tasked to search for a missing swimmer at Titahi Bay after a group of swimmers were caught in a rip. Emergency services responded to reports of a group of four swimmers in trouble at about 4pm. Most of the group were rescued but one was still unaccounted for.
Assisted a Cavilier 45', 18 tonne, yacht with mechanical problems off Mana Island to get to safe mooring. Vessel located and towed to mooring behind Mana Island. Moored off and mechanic taken on board the following morning of 29/12. Engine successfully started. No further support required.
Actual time (5 hrs) was split across two days, but is reported as a single block here.
Assisting the Harbour Master and the owners of two yachts that had swung onto each other and become entangled on their swing moorings by the bridges at Mana. The dinghy davits on one vessel had caught on the stays of another and they were pushing against each other in the strong current.
Both vessels moved under the guidance of the Harbour Master and owners.
The local waka club held it's annual long harbour races. This consisded of three races for single, double and six person waka both inside and outside the harbour.
Mana Coastguard provided both vessels to escort the fleet along with other recue craft from the surf life saving club and Waka club.
In accordance with Coastguard Mana Constitution Rule 17.8 Notice of AGM, members are advised that the Annual General Meeting for Mana Volunteer Coastguard Inc. will occur on:
Thursday 8th September 2011 at 1900 hours (7.00pm)
(Upstairs meeting room)
Mana Cruising Club
Ngatitoa Domain
Place: Middle of the Pauahatahanui arm of Porirua Harbour
Weather: cold strong gusty southerly (35-45 knots) with hail, rain and thunderstorm
Police paged the Coastguard Mana SAR team after they had recieved a call from a concerned member of the public who could see a wind surfer who appeared to be having trouble returning to shore.
Coastguard Mana spent the day on the water with a crew of volunteers to assist the organisers of the Mana Ocean Race Challenge - a 29km paddle for outrigger canoes, kayaks and surf skis that took them from Mana to Paraparaumu Beach.
Conditions on the day started off calm with light southerlies, but the wind built to around 20 knots later in the course creating some more challenging seas conditions for the competitors.
Coastguard Mana had a boat and a vehicle out for the day to support the on-the-water component of the Porirua Grand Traverse, the kayaking on Porirua Harbour / Paremata Inlet. The kayak course took competitors from Onepoto Rowing Club, under the bridges into Paremata Inlet and then back to the finish line at the other end of Porirua Harbour by Whiteraia Polytech.
