Browsing Posts published in 2016

St Helens Marine Rescue wishes everyone a very Merry and Safe Christmas. We encourage all boaters to check their vessel gear, your lifejackets and most importantly check the weather before going on the water. A day in the life of a VMR. Deployed to escort the luxury cruiser Patriot X. The journey traversed Georges Bay, […]

Video of Barway Recently a community member from St Helens flew a drone over the St Helens Bar. It graphically illustrates the new extension sea wall and most importantly the movement of sand around the edge of the wall. The video was shot on the 5th of November, it can be found via this link: […]

On Friday the 28th of October senior broker and director of Finance Brokers of Tasmania (FBT) Lance Cure presented St Helens Marine Rescue with sponsorship for the upcoming boating season. After the presentation Lance was given a familiarisation tour of our facilities. He was very impressed by what he saw and remarked how important volunteer […]

Pelican Point Depth Profile Monday 17th October, 2016 at 10:00 am High tide prediction at St Helens Point was 1.4 metres at 10:00 am This transect of Pelican Point was taken from the inner navigation markers towards St Helens to the outer markers, eastwards towards the Georges Bay Sea Wall. The readings were taken on a middle track […]

At 0800 hours on Sunday the 16th of October I observed the Anmaropa wreck warning buoy was not in position. Mariners are urged to be cautious on entering Georges Bay. Sections of the following information was sourced from Marine and Safety Tasmania (MaST). Title:                      Navigation Wreck Buoy – Georges Bay Barway Mariners are advised that the blue […]