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Summer 2012/13 Statistics

11 May 2013 Comments off
RV Freycinet in Full Flight

RV Freycinet in Full Flight

During the period 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 St Helens Marine Rescue Association assisted 36 vessels, carrying a total of 94 persons. The activities included:

  • aiding vessels in distress, including support to the Tasmanian Police (4);
  • assisting vessels with mechanical problems or in poor weather, providing a tow-in where necessary (12); and
  • escorting vessels across the bar and through the channel (20).

Our rescue base handled 2,294 VHF calls, communicating with 887 vessels carrying a total of 2,673 persons.

We would like to thank our volunteers, radio operators and boat crews for the hours invested in training and operating to provide the service, often in dangerous conditions. We are very proud of the performance of the boat crews, coping with difficult tows and dangerous barway conditions. Our radio operators are on duty for long hours and continuous radio traffic. St Helens Marine Rescue also plays an integral roll co operating with Tasmania Police in keeping our waters safe.

As always, the organisation also could not continue without the generous support of our sponsors and donations from the public. Your contributions, regardless of the amount, are always gratefully accepted.

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Additional VHF Standby Stations

11 May 2013 Comments off

St Helens Marine Rescue has pleased to announce that we have acquired two more VHF transceivers and associated equipment to be used as standby stations.

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Greg Schmerl

11 May 2013 Comments off

St Helens Marine Rescue’s chairman, Greg Schmerl, has stood down from the position. Business and family commitments are not allowing him adequate time to continue his position with St Helens Marine Rescue.

We wish to thank Greg for the hundreds of hours of volunteer work. Greg, on numerous times, went to rescues and assists with no thought of his own safety and his bravery is commendable.

We all wish him well.

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Tasmanian Community Fund Grant

11 May 2013 Comments off

Paramedics and Crew board the Break O'Day

Paramedics and Crew board the Break O'Day

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 used to purchase two new Evinrude E-TEC 115-HP outboard motors.

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Barway Rescue

3 February 2013 Comments off
St Helens Barway

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 the St Helens barway. A fourth person was able to swim ashore and raise the alarm.

The crew managed to transmit a mayday distress call during the incident but their position was not heard at the time.

This is a timely reminder for any boater on hearing a mayday call to ring triple-zero (000) straight away, it does not matter how many make the call. Please also keep your radios tuned to the VHF distress frequency (Channel 16) or monitor the local UHF channels (Channel 88 and Channel 94).

If you are unsure of the correct procedure for making a distress call using your ship-board radio, please review the information available on the Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) website.

We again ask anyone crossing the barway to:

  • Observe conditions or contact us to get an update.
  • Be more cautious on an outgoing tide.
  • Be more cautious during onshore conditions (fresh breeze from a northerly to easterly direction).
  • Log on with your local Volunteer Marine Rescue Unit using radio communications to let them know you are going out for the day.

Just doing these simple things can save a life, maybe yours?

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