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Kayak reported adrift at Pukerua Bay

Posted by Trevor Farmer
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Operation Details
Date/Time: 
Fri, 14/06/2019 - 08:10 - 11:00
Operation Type: 
SAROP Cat 1
People Assisted: 
0
Total Volunteer Hours: 
2

Mana Rescue 1 with 3 x crew responded to a report from police of a red kayak drifting in Pukerua Bay, no sighting of any persons on board.

Contact made with Police SAR doing area observations and a parallel track and directed trackline search assisted in locating a "fishng kayak" look-a-like log.

The job shows the importance of  reports from the public and that usingt 111 to report when concerned for someone's safety is always a good thing to do.

The job was a good display of  ground observer to rescue vessel coordination, this reduced the search time and located the correct target.

Location

41° 0' 41.0904" S, 174° 53' 16.098" E
Vessel Details
Length: 
4.0m
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