Coastguard Queenstown

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:05:24 +0000

This time we are the ones asking for help! The Coastguard Queenstown crew will be out in strength tonight in downtown Queenstown. We are asking for your donations to help us continue to save lives on Lake Wakatipu. 8pm till late. Come down and see us!

Crew One ‘mini’ SAREX

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:48:15 +0000

QUEENSTOWN TRAINING – Under the watchful eye of Skipper Andy Tucker, Crew One were out in the dark last night between Queenstown and Kingston. Strong southerly winds gave a swell of 1.5 meters and provided extremely rough conditions for their Search and Rescue Exercise. Bob, who is our units unfortunate plastic manikin was ‘missing’ somewhere between Queenstown and Kingston. Using local knowledge, wind and swell directions as well as night vision and radar he was successfully recovered by the Coastguard Queenstown Crew. Well done Crew One!

Crew Training

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:46:32 +0000

23rd & 24th April – Both our crews have been out this week keeping our skills up to date as professional volunteers. This week our training covered man over board drills, firefighting drills and collision drills.

GodZone Adventure Race

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:41:58 +0000

14th-15th April – The Coastguard Queenstown unit were out keeping a watchful eye over the GodZone Adventure racers. We provided cover throughout the day and night from Glenorchy through to Queenstown Bay. At times there was up to half a meter of swell for the kayak teams to battle with.