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Recently St Helens hosted visitors from Canada. Jan and Jim are sailing around the world from their Canadian departure. Note the Canadian flag flying behind the mast. Their yacht ‘Haulback’ has so far traveled the Pacific ocean and came to St Helens via New Zealand. The next port of call is Eden on the NSW […]

We are very pleased to announce that St Helens Marine Rescue was successful in its application to the Tasmanian Community Fund for funding to replace the outboard motors on the Break O’Day. The Tasmanian Community Fund awarded a grant of $28,268.19 to St Helens Marine Rescue Association in Grant round 25, and this will be […]

It has once again been been a busy summer for the St Helens Marine Rescue Association. Our radio logs show that during this period we: logged 3,012 radio transmissions on VHF logged 262 radio transmissions on UHF Channel 94 provided assistance and tracking to a total of 793 vessels, carrying a total of 2,245 persons […]

Posted on ABC News Monday 3 October 2005 The St Helens Marine Rescue Association, formerly the coastal patrol, has a new asset to help save lives. The $90,000 boat, the Break O’Day, took to the water for the first time this week. The new boat is proof the former coastal patrol has landed on its […]