by sumner lifeboat crew | Jun 8, 2019 | Coastguard Sumner News
Friday 31/05/19 12:34pm – Sumner Lifeboat was tasked by the Police to assist a jet ski that had no power and was drifting just a few metres off Godley Head. The jet ski driver had been retrieving a crayfish pot but had sucked the pot line into the jet...
by sumner lifeboat crew | May 29, 2019 | Coastguard Sumner News
We have just produced a new edition of Rescue Magazine, our flagship publication on happenings at Sumner Lifeboat Institution. This edition features reports from President Paul Lawson and Coxswain Blair Quaine on key events over the last 18 months at Sumner Lifeboat,...
by sumner lifeboat crew | May 18, 2019 | Coastguard Sumner News
Friday 17/05/2019 11:44am – Sumner Lifeboat was called out by the Police due to reports of a vessel on fire 2 nautical miles off the Estuary mouth. The crew responded with two vessels – Hamilton Jet Rescue and Blue Arrow Rescue. After an initial search and...
by sumner lifeboat crew | May 8, 2019 | Coastguard Sumner News
On 3 May Sumner Lifeboat acted as safety boat for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter doing winch training with the fishing vessel Frontier. We got to see close up the awesome skills required by both helicopter and Frontier crews to safely transfer persons between chopper...
by sumner lifeboat crew | May 8, 2019 | Coastguard Sumner News
Sumner Lifeboat Institution continued its tradition of joining the ANZAC Day Parade in Sumner. This year eleven crew, from trainees to veterans with over forty years lifeboat service, took part in the parade – proudly representing both SLBI and the community....
