KIMBERLEY ISLANDS ALL SWAGS ON DECK & HOME PORT CRUISE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
a female passenger had been left behind on Raft Point leaving the woman stranded on the remote beach
-Australian Maritime Safety Authority
KIMBERLEY ISLANDS OF AUSTRALIA
DAY 20 SUNDAY
End of Kimberley Islands Cruise
Western Australia
All crew and passengers had an incident free, safe and enjoyable time on this Kimberley Island cruise.
Final day at sea and back to home port.
Crew member Paul was to captain the next cruise of the MV Oceanic. Not unusual for ships to rotate skippers. Captain Steve was helicopter certified with a private licence and Geraldton based. Paul, Wyndham based.
During a cruise in late 2017 to the Raft Point indigenous rock art site in Doubtful Bay. A report released by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority noted a female passenger had been left behind on Raft Point. No head count undertaken by crew. Leaving the woman stranded on the remote beach. Before the MV Oceanic set sail a tendercraft was dispatched to retrieve the distressed woman. Attention was also drawn to MV Oceanic previous issues with the seaworthiness, stability, electrical wiring and firefighting equipment. Asserting the vessel owners Ahoy Buccaneers lacked basic safety practices. Myself and none of the passengers of our cruise had fault with crew on our safety. Crew were disciplined, motivated and helpful.
It was reported in the Western Australian ABC Kimberley news media Mv Oceanic sustained damage in April 2018 after running aground on a reef in remote Western Australia leading to the helicopter evacuation of 14 passengers.
Mv Oceanic placed into administration and out of service 2020. Vessel to be sold. A sorry conclusion for all who sailed on the Mv Oceanic.
Traveldriven
TROPICAL REEF FISH
RELAXING AT MATSO'S IN BROOME
WITH SHIPMATES
AFTER THE CRUISE NEXT
AT LEAST THERE ARE NO ICEBERGS IN THE KIMBERLEY