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.
Links:
[1] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/trevor-farmer
[2] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/users/weedoogie
[3] http://coastguardmana.org.nz/crv/mana-rescue-1