In this issue . . .

1. Introduction
From the Director of Maritime New Zealand.

2. Guest editorial: The Safety Paradox
Jim Lott – Musings after about 10 years at MNZ and 35 years of teaching in the maritime field.

3. Chain mangles forearm
He’d "been told a hundred times", but a trawler man still shoved his forearm into a perilous position while attaching a trawl warp.

4. Fire drills pay off
The skipper and crew on a large passenger ferry reacted quickly to a fire in one of the engine rooms.

5. Expect the unexpected
A pilot boat came within close quarters of a roll-on roll-off ferry after its skipper made assumptions about which route the ferry would take.

6. Unseen fire below
Thick, acrid, black smoke billowed unseen in a fishing vessel’s engine room while a contractor welded pipes in the deck above.

7. Poor maintenance leads to drowning
A skipper knew his aluminium runabout leaked, but that did not stop him taking it into open seas, and both he and his passenger drowned as a result.

8. Horseplay ends in drowning
An evening of fishing and drinking in a small fibreglass dinghy ended with one man drowning.

9. Maintain your boat – safety feature
Ensuring your boat is well maintained and equipped, and knowing how and when to use your equipment will help you stay safe.

10. Children drown on first trip
Two children drowned during a family’s first trip out in their father’s new boat.

11. Distress beacon brings successful rescue
A husband and wife were winched to safety after their vessel was capsized by a large wave.

12. In your words: Nearly drowned twice

13. Safety updates
Safety bulletins and marine guidance notices on safety issues.