14 - Wednesday; September 17, 1986 °— North Shore News MARINE EMERGENCY CALLS ON THE INCREASE Expo crowds keep coast guard busy FIVE MINUTES away from base, the coast guard crew had just begun one of its routine patrols of Vancouver waters when members saw an overturned catamaran almost directly in their path. The day was sunny, but ihe wind had just picked up in English Bay. The Mallard, a 41-foot search and rescue vessel, quickly came on scene and found the catamaran operator working to free the vessel's snagged sails. The man, an American tourist who said he had borrowed his brother’s boat for the day, insisted on staying on board. As coxswain Fred Moxey posi- tioned the Mallard alongside, his iwo crew members threw out ropes which were then attached to the catamaran. The man stayed clear, and within minutes the vessel was righted, and the incident recorded within the Mallard’s log book. Moxey said calls like this have become commonplace for the Coast Guard this summer. ‘‘There’s definitely more marine traffic coming into Vancouver for Expo,”’ he said. “But the type of calls have been staying the same — people who are not experienced handling their boats that get caught in bad weather. “With the Expo fireworks display every night, the creek just gets packed. When they leave some of them have long trips back. They find themselves in the dark and get into trouble.”’ Moxey said since January the Coast Guard Search and Rescue, By KIM PEMBERTON News Reporter based in Kitsilano, has responded to over 400° marine emergency calls, compared to 330 calls for all of last year, Although the catamaran incident appeared to be inconsequential, Moxey explained it is not known how serious an incident, such as this, is until someone can in- vestigate the call. Moxey said even if the crew hadn’t happened upon the over- turned catamaran, either the base or the Canadian Armed Forces’ Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria would have dispatched them to the scene. The Coast Guard is on call 24 hours a day throughout the year, and often responds to marine calls, near the North Shore, said Moxey. Usually the search and rescue vessels stationed at Kitsilano in- clude the Mallard and the 26-foot vessel, called the Swift. During Expo the Coast Guard has had two extra 41-foot cutters available to service the area. After Expo one of these vessels will go to Powell River and the other to Salt Spring Island. The staff at the base has also in- creased during Expo from its regu- lar 17 members to 23. There’s also a Coast Guard News photo Terry Peters GEOFF DENMAN, a coast guard search and rescue worker, scans the waters around Point Atkinson during a daily patrol. 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