Sat 20 July 2019 5:04pm - Another night-time mission: Blue Arrow Rescue was launched to search and attend to a yacht with engine troubles south of Motunau. The 35ft yacht with three persons on board had lost all power in difficult conditions. It became a ten hour night trip involving two rescue vessels. North Canterbury Coastguard’s Kaiapoi 1...

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 and vessel. When doing close manouevring the vessel must maintain a straight...

HamiltonJet Rescue is a purpose-designed surf rescue boat, water jet powered and with closed cell foam fendering. This article was originally written for print media in 2005 when HamiltonJet Rescue was first commissioned. HamiltonJet Rescue has played a key role in Sumner Lifeboat's (SLBI) ability to respond to surf and inshore rescues since its...