People just don't get it. you don't mess with the Manukau Bar if unprepared, At minimum you should log a Trip Report with the Coastguard and do a Bar Crossing report. If no contact is made within 10 minutes after entering the Bar the Coastguard starts Search and Rescue procedures. A boat capsized yesterday on the bar as the skipper tried to turn the boat around halfway through the bar. I feel for the Family that has lost a Family member, but it frustrates the shit out of me at the lack of preparation of these guys take. I live close to the Manukau Bar and yesterday morning at 8am the current would have been ripping against the wind, very bad time to cross, specially with the wind due to pick up later in the day.
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