July 2010 – St Helens Marine Rescue

Month: July 2010

War Stories: Recovery of “Blue Print”

Posted on 28 July 2010 by admin Posted in Activities

From time to time we post stories of rescues from years past. An interesting story is the rescue/recovery of the yacht “Blue Print” in April 2004. Blue Print ran aground at Cod Bay on a stormy night and was later…

St Helens Marine Rescue on Facebook

Posted on 28 July 2010 by admin Posted in Activities

St Helens Marine Rescue is now on Facebook! Come and visit and add us as a friend for more news and social events.

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Pelican Point Dredging Completed

Posted on 10 July 2010 by admin Posted in Activities, St Helens Barway

The dregding on the channel at Pelican Point was completed this week and half a metre of additional depth has been added. The channel should now be navigable at all times to vessels up to 1.8 metre draft. At high…

Georges Bay Barway Marker Buoy Relocated

Posted on 7 July 2010 by admin Posted in Activities

The Georges Bay Barway marker Buoy was recently relocated. The new coordinates of the marker buoy are: 41 degrees 16.216′ S 148 degrees 20.304′ E WSG DATUM 84