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CRV Familiarisation practical MR1 & 2 Alan & Zane  - MOSS drills: grounding, collision & fueling procedures - Area familiarisation: Mana island south moorings & Green Bay - visit the new disabled floating pontoon Onepota arm of Porirua Harbour, check the approaches & depth sounding - clean out the main hut - vacuum floor - general tidy. 

DPA Trevor Farmer

seminar to check content of SAR comms and Obs techniques modules

A small team of senior crew candidates worked through the theory discussion of ropes, ropework and general seamanship at CCR HQ

2 x operational (good samaritan) requests to move two yachts to the pole moorings for Mana Cruising Club.  Both were "No Go" when risk assesments completed.  Main reason was weateher and little gain

Went on water to assess best lines to take for towng yachts to pole moorings.  Assessed yacht at bridge and decided an outgoing tide was required as very close to the bridge. MOB exercise on the water.  

MR1 on water practicing GPS and radar.  Worked as DPA for each other.

Crew worked on the Victim recovery theory module and carried out land and on vessel practise with lifting a person and recovering a mannequin from the water

MR1 was put back in water and we peplaced all of the esential gear as per MOSS manual, inventoried the tool kit and reviewed the changes made to switchboards and lights etc. Trevor B gave a run down of all of the maintenance issues covered in the time off water.

We then had a look at another IMT scenario of a real life incident

Induction for 3 new members, brief safety walk around indicatiting external hazards and the gear container followed by paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork, Anna is a transferred Operational crew from Tauranga Sam and Bernie are new.

Followed on with intro to personal safety module, workbook to be done later

Jase Peter Tse and I mapped a course of action for IMT and GPS/Nav training for crew advancing to senior/master level. Sorted out what nees to be done and how it was going to happen. We now have a plan to move forward with

Pt1: Area Familiarisation: Pauatahanui arm of Porirua Harbour  1 hr - Pt 2: David Franks, close quarter helming tuition and assessment MR2 - bring vessel alongside a wharf, finger pontoon use springing off technique fwd & aft - berth vessel in boat dock - astern and ahead - moor vessel to ground mooring buoy - put the bow of the vessel on a pile and secure, three-point turn in confined space - use engines to turn vessel 360 deg - hold station in tidal stream - MOB - bring vessel alongside boats moored between pile & swing mooring - 

Helm training for operational corse coming up in Auckland.  Out to pole moorings, to railway bridge, into marina.  Visited all commercial vessels in their berth.  worked in shallow water side of channel past pole moorings, lifted motors etc.

Checked where Kapiti College H28 will berth and practiced manouvering to get vessel into berth beside rocks.

Personal safety theory with Dean Du Preez new inductee

CBES tutor forum at Ponsonby Cruising Club

Maritime Shortrange Radio Operators certificate (MSROC) training attended and I am now a tutor for this course

it is all about DSC and GMDSS as an increasingly used system. It is now on all our latest radios so we do need to know how to use it or respond should a digital distress call come in

Mixed training session theory & practical elements - plan a passage and navigate to the location -local area familiarisation  MR2 an introduction to heavy weather handling  - barge up MR2 to MR1 - close quarter boat handling in a marina environment, bring the vessel alongside a wharf, spring off a wharf, vessel three-point turn in confined space, bow to pier head  pick up personnel, bow to a pile mooring & attach mooring line - MR1 run through the basic operational requirements of navigation unit, enter a waypoints and make a rout

No on water for TBs crew but Steve Knowles ran through MR2 launch procedures and then CRV fam digrams. Crew then did intro to CRM and went home with modules and workbooks to complete

Mana Rescue 1 worked through some senior crew skills for CQM, Radar and GPS, CQM completed inside the Mana Marina (fuel Berth, fingers, breastworks, small boat jetty, MR1 berth space.

Trainee crew were worked through communucations (CRM) mooring pick up and drop off, safety practises with lines.

2 x MOSS medical drills completed (Sudden collapse unconscous, CPR and recovered diver medical and O2 support)

Rope work, Close quarter, helm instruction and berthing

Mana Rescue 1 went to kapiti to support a Kapiti master ISC assessment program.

Voyage was used to enable better understanding of the Kapiti island area, with Radar and GPS navigation work on the voyage, pilotage inshore of kapiti island, circumnavigation of kapiti Is

Support provided to the Masters assessment

MR1 crew ran through practical seamanship, observation skills, communication (CRM)  and MOSS drill MOB

Personal safety theory module

induction for Mark Hamilton

Crew members completed there in water saftey training, covering a range of skills. some of these skills include treading water in full wet weather gear, crocodile swims, abandoning ship and getting into liferafts. All crew must under go this training before going on the rescue vessels.

Mana Rescue 1 and Mana Rescue2 worked through a training program that included;

close vessel alongside approaches, Towing set up and cennection, towing, and helm work.MOSS drills for steering failure, MOB, Fire were completed

Area familiarisation  New crew stayed in marina. Ful empty and re pack CRV before going on water

two crews completed practical training after completing the towing theory module last Tuesday evening

Alongside the berth; towing checklist, tow safety, crew positions, command structure, access and laying out the main MR1 towline. bending on a messenger.

Communicating with the disabled  vessel and setting a safe working state, throwing the messenger, hook on and running out a tow line.

Induction of mew member Shane Tindall

Mana Rescue 1 worked in tandem with Mana Rescue 2 on close to shore searches, search patterns, on scene command, vessel command, helm control, close formation helm, coming alongside a moving vessel, MOB, Observation skills, CRM processes during a training session based in the Onepoto arm of Porirua harbour

MOB drills completed (2)

On scene command radio orders and search pattern planning

Anchoring (2)

Helm for 2 x trainee crew