SeaHelp warning: Always check anchor buoys for your own safety
Does it hold or does it not? This was the question for a SeaHelp member last year mooring in a buoy field in the Uvala Podbucina in the area of Kakan island. He documented the buoy’s condition and passed the information on to SeaHelp which, finally, was the deciding factor for our article ”First check, then tie down‟. As the member had as well indicated the buoy’s defective state to the buoy operator, you would assume that corrective measures would have been taken immediately. But he had to content himself with the subjunctive ”would have‟ because when he choose the same buoy for mooring this year, he could hardly believe his eyes: only some superficial repairs had been done, although the term ”repairs‟ does not even describe the situation correctly, ”botch-up‟ would be a much better wording instead.
Kick-off water sports season 2019: A full program for SeaHelp volunteers
The 2019 water sports season has just begun, and SeaHelp is already in full swing. Especially the first few days, which also included the Whitsuntide, were very busy: 19 interventions, one salvage, 253 nautical miles covered, 78 of them in tow – that was SeaHelp’s opening balance for just two days. And it was to continue with a similar intensity – the rescue boats are currently hardly to be found at their locations, and the employees are working almost non-stop. By 1 July 2019, SeaHelp had already recorded 20% more assignments than in the same period last year.