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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.
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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 had gone wrong internally, and they ended up with diesel in the boat,” Moore said. The men decided to call emergency services, but once the motor stopped there was not as much water coming in as they feared, he said.
The land was donated by the Marlborough District Council.
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Marlborough Coastguard and St John Ambulance have shared the premises for 10 years in Picton. The building was paid for by fundraising and donations. Picton Emergency Operations Centre Trust secretary Ros Benson remembers how the idea to create the premises was born. “We organised two winter balls to raise funds in 2003 and 2004, and we created a committee with about seven people to decide what to do with the money raised.” Picton had an ambulance but it was parked up in a lock-up in Market street, so St John was discussing building an ambulance station.