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This week we towed the yacht “Westward” into St Helens where she will be on the slip for a week or so. The cutter Westward, the only Tasmanian yacht to have twice won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap, has been gifted to the Maritime Museum of Tasmania by the yacht’s owner for the […]

Police Vessel Karri struck a submerged rock near Waterhouse Island in Bass Strait last night while on her way to the large-scale training exercise involving the Tasmanian Police, SES and St Helens Marine Rescue. The captain of the boat and two crew members suffered broken bones and lacerations and they were rescued by PV Fortescue, […]

St Helens Marine Rescue will participate in a multi-agency search and rescue exercise with the Tasmanian Police and the State Emergency Services in Bridport on 19 May 2010.

Two pharmacy students recently visited St Helens under the Rural Placement Program. The program is designed to give students an oportunity to develop an understanding of, and an interest in rural health issues. Sam and Elizabeth (3rd year pharmacy students) visited Break O’Day Council recently to observe the workings of this isolated community. During their […]

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 […]