His wife also came to the Coastguard W\u0101naka base to help pinpoint his exact position.<\/p>\n
Once on the water, the crew searched the area in question in \u201cchallenging conditions\u201d with strong winds, about 1m of swell and poor visibility.<\/p>\n
Coastguard W\u0101naka president and skipper Dave Brown said their team spotted him \u201cvery quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man was found in the water, clinging to a seat cushion for flotation,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was dressed in heavy camouflage hunting clothing, which made him difficult to see. When rescuers reached him, he was suffering from hypothermia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Water temperatures on the lake were around 10C and it\u2019s believed the man may have been in the water for up to an hour.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur crew got him out of the water, into warm clothing and blankets and began treatment straight away before transporting him back to the marina, where he was handed over to ambulance staff,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
The rescue crew included a doctor.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got the best care possible \u2013 you couldn\u2019t get any better in those circumstances,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was pretty lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coastguard is reminding all boaties to wear a lifejacket at all times and to check weather conditions before heading out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key message is simple \u2013 always wear a lifejacket. And always check the forecast. The weather wasn\u2019t great, and conditions can change quickly on the lake.\u201d <\/p>\n
Brown was proud of the \u201cswift\u201d response from volunteers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an extremely quick and co-ordinated rescue. From launch to recovery, the crew performed exceptionally well in difficult conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His wife also came to the Coastguard W\u0101naka base to help pinpoint his exact position. Once on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1558,5532,58461,127406,44412,78,13207,685,5158,111,43,139,2551,69,18560,20065],"class_list":["post-454101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-been","tag-boat","tag-capsized","tag-capsizes","tag-freezing","tag-in","tag-lake","tag-last","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-night","tag-nz","tag-rescued","tag-wnaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}