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Pender Post Article: October 2009

Posted by Bob Vergette on Monday, September 21, 2009, In : Pender Post

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 20

The man was cold and hungry and he had been waving his flashlight in the dark at any vessel that came anywhere near the steep hillside on which he was standing. Several ships slipped by quietly but unseeing far out in the passage, likely too far away to notice his small light. Suddenly off in the distance he saw the navigation lights of some sort of vessel that seemed to be approaching. He thought it was perhaps a good sign that it had a blue flashing ...
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Some Photos from Orca Day at Thieves Bay, Pender Island...

Posted by Mike Aston on Sunday, July 19, 2009, In : news

Unit 20 was out and about at the Orca Day event at Thieves Bay yesterday...

Getting onboard from a beach extraction... demonstration.

Taking the lines...

CCGA-P Unit 20: April 2009 Pender Post Article

Posted by Mike Aston on Friday, July 3, 2009, In : Pender Post

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 20

Last month we provided and overview of the statistics for 2008. There was however some data that was not included.

When reports are input into the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Search and Rescue system we categorize the missions by type, required actions and by causes.

In 2008 38% of the type of missions were for vessels that had either grounded or gone adrift. Neither circumstance is a happy one for mariners ...