CoastguardMana

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

The aim of the training session was to build on the theoretical Victim recovery module and expand the area familiarisation learning beyond the inner harbour limits.0800- 1030 Shore based recap on theory Victim Recovery module.

Victim Recovery theory session run by Trevor Burgess

The aim of the training session covered the theory of MOSS drills and CRM, completion of risk assessment matrix, weather & tidal considerations prior to vessel deployment. This was followed with practical application on-water of the theoretical learning.  Other aspects of the session included local area familiarisation; navigation markers within the inner harbour area - pick up and release vessel from fixed mooring buoy - mooring a vessel between two piles.

SAREX18 kicked off with a real call out for an overturned Waka. 

Coastguard Mana was activated using the standard callout procedure from our duty officer and then crew notifications by text message. The crew assembled at our base at the Mana Cruising Club and broke into an Incident Management Team and  a boat deployment team.

crew split into navigation/helm and deck crew fir tonights training.

Nav/helm worked on course control and radar naviagtion in around the bar. Deck crew worked through landmark identifcation, calling navigation marks, manual depth sounding and mooring.