Cape Jackson News Today

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Authorities lost track of the launch, called Kahu, until it was struck by a commercial fishing boat about 16 kilometres away, near Cape Jackson, at 10pm. It then drifted towards Transpower’s underwater electricity and telecommunications cables in Cook Strait, before it was spotted by seamen and towed to Wellington. Ross Giblin/Stuff On Saturday, emergency services were called to the 11.8-metre launch boat as it began to sink near near Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu/The Brothers Islands around noon. S...

“It had submerged, but part of the structure was poking out of the water,” Grogan said on Tuesday. Authorities lost track of the drifting wreck until a commercial fishing boat struck it about 16 kilometres away at 10pm, near Cape Jackson, tearing a hole in its hull. Police search and rescue co-ordinator and Blenheim senior sergeant Peter Payne said Coastguard Marlborough delivered a pump to the fishing boat so it could remove the water it had taken on. SUPPLIED The boat sank by The Broth...

Sinking yacht threatened Cook Strait power cables vital to New Zealands electricity 20 Apr, 2021 04:38 AM 3 minutes to read The yacht sank by The Brothers/Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu islands, in red, and was hit by a fishing vessel at Cape Jackson, in orange. Image / Google The yacht sank by The Brothers/Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu islands, in red, and was hit by a fishing vessel at Cape Jackson, in orange. Image / Google Chloe is a Local Democracy Reporter based in Marlborough A shipwreck drifting at the edge o...

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent from Wellington to observe the vessel until the Coastguard arrived. Moore said when the coastguard arrived the crew was not injured, but was not feeling well because of the fuel spilled on board due to rough weather and the boat taking on water. Google/Marlborough Express A map showing Cape Jackson in the outer Marlborough Sounds, the area where the yacht got into difficulties. “Apparently they had not hit any rocks or anything like that. Something ha...

The view overlooking Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds. Three people have been rescued off a yacht that was taking on water in rough conditions in the outer Marlborough Sounds. Maritime NZ spokesman Vince Cholewa said the boats crew, who were located near Cape Jackson, contacted the Maritime Radio Service at 6.48am and activated their distress beacon at 6.50am. Cholewa said there were three people on board the 14 metre vessel, which had been sinking slowly with water coming into the bilg...

Three people were on board the yacht which had been slowly sinking in rough conditions.

The boat's crew triggered a distress beacon at about 6.50am on Wednesday.