CoastguardMana

Familiarisation session on the new vessel Te Awarua Rescue. Crew going through systems in detail and then we went out for the first night cruise. Headed out to Titahi Bay, across towards Mana Island and then back again.

After being put in the water at Mana for the first time yesterday we had a handover from Strait Marine to introduce us to the new diesel outboard engines, etc. 

Then we took it out for a quick shakedown trip out towards Mana Island and back to try it out and test the systems.

Ran through multiple emergency drills with new crew:

• MOB
• Fire
• Abandon ship
• Anchoring

Moving a yacht in the marina for someone. Talked through emergency procedures:

• man overboard
• fire, leading into
• abandon ship

Ran through the steps required for each with the new recruits ready to perform practical exercises next week.

Area familiarisation and navigation trip with new recruits to show them around the local area. 

Left Mana, entered Titahi Bay, down to Green Point, across to Mana Island to find the club moorings, visited the ranger station, back to Plimmerton Boating Club and then home.

Heavy weather helming inside Mana Island, David practising on radar.

Ended up with a bilge pump alarm going off that could not be cleared so had to return to base and report.

Peter Ward also onboard as deck crew and learning local area fam.

Phoenix familiarisation for all crew.  Launched,familiarised handling vessel.

Undertook MOSS drills

 Man Overboard x 2

Collision/Structural Breach

Medical Emergency (Secondary Drowning, fractured ribs with punctured lung, hypothermia)

Abandon Ship

Grounding

Tara led Stephen through assessment for SHED and Keeping a Good Lookout (also know as Observation Techniques). Also ran Stephen, Deano and James through some local area fam, MOB drill and Recovery then Fire drill alongside the jetty in the Marina.

Conor supported as Senior Crew

Trevor Skipper for the night and was helming

Conor and Tara ran Stephen and Deano through CRV Fam, start up procedures, risk assessments, where to locate SOPs and SAR Book. 

Noted there was a power cut the entire night so was all done by torches!

PHR - Complete all MOSS drills - set up long tow - mooring between piles at Onepoto arm - SOP review of MOSS drills

First night for new trainees - Neil delivered basic knots - heaving line use - rope types and uses.                     Tara delivered intro to MOSS - Dan, Steve & Deano

CIMS based training on various charts for marine SAR scenario incorporating Intelligence, Planning, Logistics, Operations. Multipe agency coordination and asset management.

Conor and Tara sat their Senior Assessment with Doug Griffin of Manawatu

TB masters famil

Ran the crew through a vessel familiarisation session on Phoenix Rescue before starting a training task to move a launch from it's berth in the marina to the liftout bay.

CN completed his Qualified crew assessment

Training on MR1 to prepare for an Opearational assessment for 1 crew member on Thursday and a few Senior assessments on Saturday.

• helm close quarter
• tow setup
• emergency procedures
  • man overboard
  • fire
  • anchoring
  • abandon ship
  • collision
  • loss of power

MR1 was used to test crew knowledge of MOSS drills and serach patern/development.

• Fire Fighting
• Salvage /Fire Pump
• Abandon Ship
• Medical emergency
• Patient Transfer 
• Setting up a search Plan 
• Determining search patterns

a Compass deviation check is required every 12 months under our Marine Operator Safety System. 3 crerw went and worked through under the guideance of Carl.  No major deviation was observed.

ZMR1 then went up to Pukerua bay where we dod some On Scene Command work with Freemasons Rescue and we also checked out the approach into the boat ramp at Pukerua Bay before heading to Kapiti island and checking the inshore passage (Fishermans/Kapiti) and the beach on Browns island)

Follow up to previous training where we helped the Harbour Master to realign the Goat Point leading lights after they moved them. 

Involved lots of waypoint creation and navigation, comms with Harbour Master on shore and recording of information.

Charting out the edges of the sector light segments for the Harbour Master in preparation for them replacing the light at some stage. 

Lots of chart work to navigate to starting points for the checks (as an exercise), radar work, bearing lines, etc. Recorded waypoints as we crossed each sector at 3 different distances from the light.

On scene command theory session

On Scene Command practical walkthrough session at the base and on the playing fields. Ran through SAR response plannning, briefing and coordinating a search pattern with multiple vessels.