Late morning call-out on Friday for Sooke’s marine Search and Rescue
RCMSAR Station Sooke — Pan Pan
Nov. 10, 1118h, 2017
RCMSAR Station Sooke was tasked by JRCC Victoria to a 40′ vessel adrift with no propulsion close to Billings Spit. Concerned the vessel was going to go aground, the master of the vessel deployed anchor and called for assistance over cell phone.
Four RCMSAR crew members quickly assembled and departed home base and arrived on-scene moments later to render assistance.
With only five feet of water, crews carefully proceeded towards the vessel and threw a tow line to the master who secured the line to the bow of his boat.
RCMSAR crews slowly towed the vessel into deeper water and into the Sooke Basin to a safe anchorage.
Notice to all mariners
During this tasking, RCMSAR Sooke Station noticed the East Cardinal buoy, VB, located in Sooke Harbour, was not in the proper location, approx. 1000 feet South of where it should be.
A call to Coast Guard Radio with the new position and notice.
Please use caution entering and exiting Sooke Harbour.
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is pan pan short for panic panic?
Courtesy of a Dictionary found via Google “an international radio distress signal, of less urgency than a mayday signal.”Wikipedia provides its origins as being French: “In French, a panne ([pan], “pahn”) is a breakdown, such as a mechanical failure. In English, it is also sometimes[vague] pronounced as /pæn/ (“pan”).” -Britt/SPN
thank you
Incidentally, the German word for mechanical failure is also “Panne”, I guess we stole it from the French 🙂
“Sécurité” is used to broadcast safety information (the out-of-place buoy would be a good example for that), “pan-pan” is used in distress calls with some degree of urgency, and “mayday” is used when a lives are at risk.