Transgression -searches
Searches so far have been conducted by:
- Airserve, Maputo, Mozambique
- Mozambique coastline from Inhambane, north to the Tanzanian Border,
in several separate legs, including:
- Sea area off Maputo, and coast Beira to Maputo
- report - map 24 July
- From Nacala, north to the Tanzanian border - faxed
report from Airserv pilot.
Federal Air, Victoria, Durban, South Africa
- Mozambique coast from Xai Xai to Vilanculos (25/26 July 98)
- Europa island, Bassas da India atoll (26/7/98)
- The report was an 8 page fax, including two pages
of summary findings.
- Page 1 of summary.
- Page 2 of summary. Note that the aluminium pipes
were later discovered to be not from a boat.
- Mission Aviation Fellowship, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Madagascar west coast from Cap Ste Marie
north to Mahajunga (27/July 98)
- Mahajunga north to Cap d'Ambre (21/7/98)
- Seychelle islands Farquhar to Providence
(22/7/98) this mission was due to search Seychelle islands around Astove
and Aldabra islands but was aborted due to bad weather.
None of the searches has seen Transgression, or any liferaft, or any
distress signal. However, radio contacts during the searches have established
that some yachts in the area are unaware of the plight of Transgression,
so greater efforts at publicity must be made, through the news media and
through yachting and aero clubs.
The Madagascar coastline is reported to be sufficiently busy that Transgression
could not put ashore without finding people to assist. 
