Fuel – 09/09/2015 – 15:05 to

A 6m boat with 2 POB reported by cell phone that it had run out of petrol 500m off the Wahakatane Bar and required a tow.  The sea was calm with 13kt wind from the NW and there was a full tide.  Whakatane Coastguard made an all stations call for assistance and a good...

Motor – 09/08/2015 – 11:00 to

A 5.6m fibreglass boat with 1 POB reported an engine problem at the 17m mark off the Radio Mast. Sea conditions were calm with 7kt wind from north.  Whakatane Coastguard made an all staions call for assistance and a good samaritan offered to tow the boat back to...

Fuel – 08/28/2015 – 14:10 to

A 4.1m white fibreglass boat with 2 people on board reported that it had broken down with a fuel pump problem off the Radio Mast. Sea conditions were reasonable with 10kt WNW wind and incoming tide.  Whakatane Coastguard made an all stations call and two boats...

Motor – 08/22/2015 – 15:30 to

A 3.7m silver dingy with 2 people on board reported via cell phone to another boat some distance away that they had broken down off Pikowai.  Sea conditions were good with 8kt wind from the south. Whakatane Coastguard made an all stations call for assistance but there...

Motor – 08/22/2015 – 14:04 to

A 5m white runabout with one person on board reported problems at 20m mark off Matata.  Weather conditions were good with 10kt wind from south.  Whakatane Coastguard made an all stations call for assistance and a good samaritan offered to tow the boat back to...

Motor – 08/22/2015 – 9:44 to

An red aluminium boat with 3 people on board reported that it had broken down off Pikowai and needed assistance. Weather conditions were good with a calm sea and 4-7kt wind from the south. Whakatane Coastguard made an all stations call for assistance and a good...