| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 28/01/2012 | Green watch training day |
Pre brief completed, safety, helm, nav, deck roles assigned, check sheets completed Training area, tea gardens, Bar, Mana DOC mooring Drills completed, manouvreing, Engine Fire, Flooding, MOB, Tow set up, mooring pick up/drop off.
Jan Allen, on helm for MOB, mooring drop off, tow set up Pere Feely, return over bar, berthing TPR |
5 | 17.5 |
| Thu, 26/01/2012 | Day crew training |
Heavy weather training out near Mana Island in 30kt NW winds and large seas. |
4 | 8 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 08/12/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Bumps and grinds in marina , test run vessel after dock down. |
5 | 10 |
| Wed, 07/12/2011 | Practical use of personal floatation devices (PFD) and Liferafts |
We booked the Porirua pool for a practical session with the crew, use and limitations of life jackets and use of the liferaft.
13 crew pased the module and are ready for adverse events at sea.
|
16 | 32 |
| Thu, 01/12/2011 | Tuesday Training |
Hazard Survey of TPR and Pelorus. Walk through assesment in compliance with SSMS |
10 | 20 |
| Thu, 01/12/2011 | Day Crew Training |
While the main rescue vessel, Porirua Rescue, is out of the water for maintenance the crew went through the launch procedures and maintenance checks for CRV Pelorus. Once in the water we went to do familiarisation training in Porirua Harbour before being called in by the Wellington Harbour Master to assist with disconnecting two yachts that had become entangled on their swing moorings. |
6 | 12 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 17/11/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Bar crossing exercise,Heavy weather MOB pick up,Heavey weather handling practice MOB/ Caroline / Chris/Rod/John/ |
6 | 18 |
| Thu, 10/11/2011 | Thursday Day Crew |
Tested Sea Drogue in rough conditions in the cook straight. 3 man overboard drills. 1 MOB was a double victim recovery. Rough Weather handling. |
7 | 21 |
| Tue, 08/11/2011 | Tuesday night training |
TPR went out on the water and was directed by a team at the base to navigate to various waypoints (via a safe route) to test/train for the following things:
|
13 | 26 |
| Thu, 03/11/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Fire pump testing on board TPR. Hazard Safety Walk through on TPR. |
4 | 8 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 25/10/2011 | SAR Module Search Techniques |
Tutor: Paul Craven Search and Rescue, search techniques. (time/distance/speed)(Track Spacing)(Area of probability)(Probability of Detection)
Several surf lifeaving volunteers joined in for the nights training sessionsession
|
17 | 34 |
| Sat, 22/10/2011 | Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training |
Theory session on CRM done at the PCC Emergency Management Office before heading onto the water in the afternoon. Practical portion of the CRM training. 4 trainee masters, plus 1 senior master, were put through excercises for 3.5hrs on the water. |
5 | 40 |
| Thu, 20/10/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Anchor training in Green Bay Pilotage and chart navigation Plimerton area. |
5 | 12.5 |
| Tue, 18/10/2011 | Tuesday night training |
Red, Green and Purple watch doing basic navigation training/excercises with some operational crew as a land-based excercise. TPR was taken out to do navigational training around to Titahi Bay and around the marina. Hazard checks performed and logged. Pelorus, trailer and 4WD checklists worked through and tested. |
17 | 34 |
| Sun, 16/10/2011 | Sunday helm training |
Close quarter and MOB helm work. |
3 | 6 |
| Thu, 13/10/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Land Based Training , SSMS checks. |
5 | 10 |
| Tue, 11/10/2011 | Base Training, Navigation. Basic knots, new crew introduction |
No Masters tonight, crew active with: Red, Blue, Purple Watch, Op Crew: Introduction to Navigation (precursor to boatmaster navigation sessions) Green Watch: updating Base Hazard register, testing the new basic knots module with Trevor B Mark P spent time with prospective crewman Darian, going over TPR and Coastguard. Peter T working on basic GPS use module for TPR |
15 | 30 |
| Thu, 06/10/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Land Based Training 2 hr |
5 | 12.5 |
| Sun, 02/10/2011 | Masters training |
Tow pickups from TPR to Pelorus. Manuevring in marina for both TPR and Pelorus. |
6 | 12 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 27/09/2011 | Hazard Management, Rope handling |
TPR: Mark Presling: Hazard Management Processes, Fire, Abandon Ship Pelorus: Carolyn Jameson: Hazard Management, Fire, Refueling Land crew: Matt Morris-Jenkins: Throw bags, Heaving lines, lines and knots.
|
19 | 47.5 |
| Sun, 25/09/2011 | Masters training session |
MOB, station keeping, close quarter manouvreing in the marina |
4 | 10 |
| Tue, 20/09/2011 | SAR On Scene Command |
SAR module, On Scene Command. one of the required modules for operational crew to complete |
20 | 40 |
| Sun, 18/09/2011 | Masters training session |
Rafting and boat movement: 28' launch taken from the marina to a mooring in Ivey Bay. Training involved: Reconaisance, planning, manouering, rafting lines, channel markers, eddy control, speed and manouvreability, mooring pickup, securing vessel, removing lines, clearing a vessel. returned to the marina for a session on long tow set up. practised the long tow set up using a line off of the breastworks. |
7 | 21 |
| Thu, 15/09/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Heavy Weather vessel handling on bar and north of Mana Island. MOB recovery on bar , helmsmen G Spence/T Burgess/C Darch Life sling bouy pick up in bar area. Simulated vessel sinking , North of Mana Island Shore line search Goat point area |
7 | 14 |
| Tue, 13/09/2011 | Heavy Weather handling......theory module |
New module on handling coastguard vessels in heavy weather, boat design, sea conditions, trim and stability factors, bar crossings |
18 | 45 |
| Sun, 11/09/2011 | masters training |
masters group continued close quarter handling inside marina |
4 | 8 |
| Sat, 10/09/2011 | Waka'ame Race |
Waka'ama race series, harbour and Mana bay area. |
4 | 12 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 27/08/2011 | Saturday helm practice |
Heavy weather handling, holding station and MOB |
6 | 9 |
| Thu, 25/08/2011 | Thursday day crew training |
Exercise " Green Bay Tow" Recover Pelorus from anchor and tow back to Mana Marina. Exercise involved, recovery of Pelorus from Green Bay, long tow back to Mana channel shorten tow, bring Pelorus alongside, hip up vessels in channel, bring Pelorus into Mana Marina alongside main harbour wall.
|
8 | 28 |
| Tue, 23/08/2011 | Tuesday night training |
Practised towing with TPR as towed and towing vessel. Practised helm with all crew, identification of land marks at night. |
5 | 10 |
| Tue, 23/08/2011 | Tuesday night training |
training tonight involved practicing tow pick ups between CRV Porirua Rescue and CRV Pelorus Rescue. Shore crew carried out navigation exercises |
9 | 18 |
| Sat, 20/08/2011 | Inspect vessel on pole moorings |
Transported owner to sunken tri on pole mooring with the intention of pumping out. Vessel to far under water to have enough freeboard to attempt pumping. Returned to base, contacted commercial salvage company and left with owner and insurance company. Owner will work with Trevor Farmer to make a donation. |
2 | 5 |
| Thu, 18/08/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Radio checks, around Mana Island, and south of Green Bay . Drop test drift buoy , set at tidal diamond A , leave for 35 mins , continue radio checks, return to location and carry out expanding box search Heavy weather training . |
6 | 18 |
| Thu, 11/08/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Night time MOB ex in Mana Bay Drift survey of marker buoy at tidal dimond "A" Mana Bay. Area familarization , Green Bay and T Gardens. Role change between crew , helm, nav,2 i/c positions. |
5 | 15 |
| Thu, 04/08/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Area familirazation of Pukerua Bay area , noteing local inshore hazards. MOB practice helm for all crew and master x two. trial of new danbouy marker, visability range test |
4 | 12 |
| Tue, 02/08/2011 | Tuesday night training |
Coms and Navigation. Box Search TPR transit to search datum west of Mana Island. On arrival reporting sea conditions. Commence box search IMT: running chart plot, search pattern, radio coms. Briefing given to master using GSMEAC |
13 | 32.5 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 28/07/2011 | Navigation & Deckwork Training |
Navigation and area familiarisation for prospective navigator, with practical exercises in on board instrumentation. Training for trainee deck boss, with task allocation to crew, anchoring practice, and management of lookouts. Anchored in quarry area; navigated at night close to NE side of mana; proceeded to safe water mark off bar and followed leads into harbour.
|
6 | 12.6 |
| Thu, 21/07/2011 | Thursday Day Crew Training |
Onshore : Navigation , chart plotter functions using TPR Simrad system On Water : Pelorus marina movements , basic manovering around marina. |
4 | 10 |
| Tue, 19/07/2011 | Tuesday Night Training |
Navigation exercise involving Shore based IMT and vessel CRV Pelorus . Shore Based Team , plot and work out the following , Passage plan, route of vessel from Green Bay to Mana base via Mana Island ,Tea gardens, Plimerton. to include, distance run,time,and CTS information, radio information to vessel,run radio log of events. |
10 | 30 |
| Thu, 14/07/2011 | Day Crew Training |
Area Mana Bay and south of Mana Island. Master :Rod Hall Exercise : M.O.B. in moderate sea conditions / deploy marker buoy at location 41.06.3 S - 174.47.9 E , Carry out simulated search for vessel in area 41.08.5S 174.47.0 E . Return to marker buoy area, carry out a night time search for target using , box , shore line and creeping line search methods. |
8 | 32 |
| Thu, 07/07/2011 | Day Crew Training |
Day crew training : Master Rod Hall Vessel TPR Bar crossing training in heavy weather, helmsman practice technique , on the inner edges of the bar. |
5 | 10 |
| Tue, 05/07/2011 | Land (IMT) and sea based training |
Porirua Rescue: Crew travelled to various pointsd down to green point and Open bay, acroos the the southern mooring at Mana and then back to base. Observations, Position Keeping, Helm. Roger Waite as acting master with Paul Craven in command. Incident Management Team: Radio procedure, chart plotting. CRV Pelorus: (land) Anchoring, Towing set up.
|
15 | 45 |
| Tue, 05/07/2011 | Tuesday Night Ngatitoa cubs |
Visit from Tuesday night Ngatitoa cubs, boat safety, rescues, coastguard Mana |
4 | 4 |
| Mon, 04/07/2011 | Ngatitoa Cubs visit |
Visit from Monday night Ngatitoa cubs, boat safety, rescues, coastguard Mana |
1 | 1 |
| Sun, 03/07/2011 | Sunday new crew training |
Introduction to practical man over board exercises and basic helming practice. each crew member rotated through helm, deck crew and nav positions. Also some local area familarisation work, holding station demonstration and use of radar. |
6 | 12 |
| Date | Title | Teaser | Turnout | Total Volunteer Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 30/06/2011 | Thursday |
Area Familiarization of upper habour Porirua side at low water. Boat handling at brestworks Mana marina |
5 | 10 |
| Tue, 28/06/2011 | Tuesday night training |
Tonights training related to creating safety plans, communication plans and trip reports. IMT team were tasked to review weather conditions and come up with a set of possible hazards. They were then to brief the crew of porirua rescue, set up a communications plan and rescue plan should Porirua rescue get into trouble. Porirua rescue then went to sea to practically run through the safety plans developed, with the IMT monitoring |
14 | 28 |
| Thu, 23/06/2011 | Day Crew Training |
Practice connecting and releasing tow lines in Marina under tension. |
6 | 18 |
| Tue, 21/06/2011 | Tuesday Night training |
Incident management training - involved the planning involved before the rescue vessel heads out to an incident. Considerations around weather, tides etc and planning to ensure the safety and communications for the vessel. remander of crew carried out inspection of safety equipment on vessel, correct use, storage etc |
13 | 26 |
| Sun, 19/06/2011 | Plimmerton Kindy mid-winter swim and training day |
Crews assembled at 0830 for a briefing. 105 persons went for the swim. TPRMaster: Rod H TPR inshore recon, radio control, on scene command and bar crossing. PelorusMaster: Trevor F Pelorus set up for inshore work, beach approach, person recovery, standing off. At end of swim, bar crossing practice with helm changes. 4x4Ben R, Jan A, Peter F. Visible prescence on shore, shore side comms. |
14 | 56 |
| Thu, 16/06/2011 | Area Familiarisation - Night |
Night time area familarisation and anchor training. Plimmerton Booating Club, Green Point, Mana drop offf points, and Mana Island circuit. |
6 | 18 |
| Tue, 14/06/2011 | Tuesday Night Training |
Vessel CRV Pelorus, in water training , boat manovering in Mana Marina, three point turns, mooring alongside, fuel berth.
|
7 | 14 |
