S/V boadicea, one person on board, demasted in 33-53.98S 173-09.05E at 150215Z apr
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 708/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-06-02 10:29Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MNZ 151/08 150320Z APR 08.. Issued 2008-04-15 05:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -33.900, 173.151. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1151/06, 286/07, 948/07, 1107/07, 708/08, 712/08, 733/08, 742/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 704/082008-04-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 708/08 · this notice2008-04-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-04-15 05:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 151/08 150320Z APR 08.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -33.900, 173.151
- vessel
- S/V BOADICEA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
S/V BOADICEA, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, DEMASTED IN 33-53.98S 173-09.05E AT 150215Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 914 8333, FAX: 644 914 8334 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
90 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Distress signal received from vessel in 34-10.60S 172-02.20E2024-01-02
- Distress signal received in 31-14.00S 171-58.00E2023-12-29
- Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 35-18.40S 175-14.70E2023-07-08
- Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 35-19.20S 175-21.00E2023-07-08
- 39 foot vessel, orange hull, taking on water in 35-13.86S 174-48.20E2023-01-15
- Distress signal received in vicinity 35-13.86S 174-48.20E2023-01-14
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:34Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.