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120 Year Old Yacht Visits St Helens

Posted on 18 April 2017 by John Sullivan Posted in Activities, St Helens Barway

We at St Helens Marine Rescue are privileged to escort another princess of the seas to St Helens. This time it is Heartsease (pronounced Hart Seas), a vessel built in 1897 in New Zealand. ‘Heartsease’ is named after a New Zealand wild…

Barway Rescue

Posted on 3 February 2013 by admin Posted in St Helens Barway

On Saturday 2 February 2013 a crew from St Helens Marine Rescue, coordinated by Sergeant Bidgood of the Tasmania Police Marine and Rescue Services, St Helens, rescued three fishermen when their vessel was overwhelmed by a large breaking wave on…

Tagged with: barway, fishing, rescue, St Helens

Dredging at Pelican Point in Progress

Posted on 30 June 2010 by admin Posted in St Helens Barway

The dredging at Pelican point has commenced and we can look forward to an improved channel. Please take care while the dredging is in progress.

Tagged with: dredging, georges bay, pelican point, St Helens

Summer 2009/2010 Statistics

Posted on 20 April 2010 by admin Posted in Activities

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…

Crew of Anmaropa Rescued after Capsize

Posted on 22 September 2009 by admin Posted in Activities

FOUR crew of the scallop fishing vessel Anmaropa were rescued and taken to St Helens today. The Anmaropa was loaded with scallops and overturned on the St Helens barway in heavy seas. The Anmanaropa requested an escort across the barway…

Tagged with: Anmaropa, barway, capsize, St Helens