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Busy Start to the Year

16 February 2011 Comments off
Vessels in Transit to Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart

Vessels in Transit to Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart

St Helens Marine Rescue has had a very busy start to the year. From the 1 January 2011 to 5 Februar 2011 our rescue boats attended 34 vessels. Activities ranged from towing grounded yachts, assisting those with mechanical breakdowns and barway escorts.

Our crews also took part in a Statewide flare demonstration organised by Marine and Safety Tasmania.
Many members assisted and were on 24 hour standby providing help to our community during the flood here last month.

A number of yachts were assisted into St Helens were on their way to the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart and have enjoyed their stay in our town.

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Dredging at Pelican Point to Resume

15 February 2011 Comments off

Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) are preparing to resume dredging at Pelican Point again. Hopefully this dredging will last some time giving greater access to the port for larger vessels.

The barway channel is moving although not causing any concern. We recommend, as usual, that masters of vessels wanting to enter Georges Bay seek local knowledge before entering the port.

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Flooding in St Helens Area

15 January 2011 Comments off

The road to St Helens from the south was washed away at Basin Creek (Photo: ROSS MARSDEN)

The road to St Helens from the south was washed away at Basin Creek (Photo: ROSS MARSDEN)

On 12 and 13 January 2011 St Helens received 148 mm of rain, followed by flash flooding in the town and closure of all roads into the town.

St Helens Marine Rescue assisted the community by providing crews to assist with sandbag filling and recovery of boats that had filled with rain water. At the request of SES, RV Larapuna was on standby should any rescues be required from the fast flowing rivers.

Electricity to Binalong Bay was also cut for several hours and, as all roadways to the Bay of Fires were also closed, St Helens Marine Rescue was requested to take Aurora Energy technicians by boat to a pickup point from where Binalong Bay firemen provided transport to the problem. A wary eye was kept for the in and out trip as large logs and debris were everywhere in Georges Bay.

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Statistics for 2010

11 January 2011 Comments off

In 2010 the St Helens Marine Rescue Association assisted 78 vessels, carrying a total of 197 persons. The activities included:

  • Aiding vessels in distress, including support to the Tasmanian Police (9)
  • Assisting vessels with mechanical problems or in poor weather, providing a tow-in where necessary (27)
  • escorting vessels accros the bar and through the channel (44)

We primarily used our Stabicraft rescue vessel Break O’Day for these operations (72 operations) while our larger, sea-going rescue vessel Freycinet was used 6 times.

Our rescue base handled 4,304 VHF calls and 308 calls on 27MHz communicating with 1,418 vessels carrying a total of 2,831 persons.

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Have you seen www.masttv.com.au yet?

19 December 2010 Comments off

Have you seen www.masttv.com.au yet? Marine Safety and Tasmania’s MAST Television site hosts video clips on:

  • MAST TV News
  • Buoyancy
  • Inflatable PFDs
  • Boating Safety

Check it out and be Boat Safe!

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