Updated November 28, 2013
TES SV Nina Search Fund has flown over 297 hours in the Tasman Sea; these are privately donated funds for the single purpose use to locate and bring home the schooner Nina and its crew of 7, offshore New Zealand and Australia. That air search effort is 400% (4 times) the effort by the agencies that stopped searching for these survivors on July 4 (the incomplete search was 'suspended' pending new information). In addition over 13,000 volunteers have assisted the families of the Nina 7 by carefully viewing and tagging possible sailing vessels on the images from the American earth satellites provided by the private company Digital Globle Inc. of Longmont, Colorado USA. "Thank you," from the families and friends of the schooner Nina 7.
NEWS Update Nov 26, 2013. Read about satellite technology for Search and Rescue:
Important articles and many more to come in order to help mariners understand the technology available to YOU today.
Searched Middleton Reef north, November 27, 2013:
Search November 23 to 26, 2013, coastline of Australia, using a single engine visual air search aircraft:
Update November 24, 2013. Search continues on NE shorelines and islands offshore Australia:
Update for 15 November 2013 20:45CST Day 5 of search area SA-10-33 added to the search:
Update 14 NOV 18:00 CST
Update 13 NOV 23:00 CST
Update 13 NOV 2013 16:00CST:
Update Nov 12/(AUS/NZ Nov 13): Completed air search for this day, and returned to NFI; 9 lines completed:
Update Nov 12, 2013 Flying now, departed Norfolk Island and returning to search area SA-10-33:
Update Nov. 11, 2013 10:00PM CST visual search aircraft SA-10-33 and crew refueling at NFI:
Update November 11, 2013 4:20PM CST visual search aircraft on line:
Update November 11, 2013 and getting a start from NFI Norfolk Island.
Update November 10, 2013 21:30 CST. En route to search area SA-10-31.
Update November 4, 2013. News article in The New Zealand Herald.
A man who spent 119 days lost at sea is urging New Zealand authorities to continue searching for the missing boat Nina, saying he is living proof that people can survive against the odds. John Glennie has written to the Rescue Co-ordination Centre and told of catching and eating fish and waiting to be rescued, even though his companions "thought they were going to die". He and three others were on the trimaran Rose Noelle that capsized in the Pacific Ocean in 1989, forcing them to live in a small space inside the wreck. Now he has joined the families of Nina crew members who have written to the rescue agency, begging them to resume the search. . . . . more . . .
Update November 6, 2013: AUS/Asia Aeronautical Chart and search area SA-10-31 shown here:
