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SAROP Cat 1 Danba

Posted by Trevor Farmer [1]
Operation Details
Date/Time: 
Fri, 06/12/2013 - 19:25 - 21:25
Operation Type: 
SAROP Cat 1
People Assisted: 
3
Total Volunteer Hours: 
10

1930 hrs; responded to pager callout from police ops re drifting vessel "Danba" 4 mtere runabout with engine problems, located off of Rock point

Trust Porirua Rescue launched with 3 crew on board

located DanBa on rocks north of Rock Point, callout upgraded to mayday

could not get TPR close enough to Danba to throw or float in a line

Danba (3 POB) advised to abandon ship.  TPR repositioned to safer closer area, Danba crew recovered by lifesling and throw bag lines, initial medical assesment on TPR and back to Coastguard base for medical check from Wellington Free Ambulance (all ok)

Returned 

Location

41° 7' 26.3676" S, 174° 47' 40.9632" E
Vessel Details
Length: 
4.00m
Resources
Attendees: 
Neil Cornwell [2]
Trevor Farmer [1]
CRV's Used: 
CRV Trust Porirua Rescue [3]
Source URL: http://www.coastguardmana.org.nz/operation/20131206/sarop-cat-1-danba

Links:
[1] http://www.coastguardmana.org.nz/users/trevor-farmer
[2] http://www.coastguardmana.org.nz/users/neil-cornwell
[3] http://www.coastguardmana.org.nz/crv/crv-trust-porirua-rescue