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Easter Saturday saw a field of 14 boats head out of St Helens in some choppy Southerly conditions for the Jones Waste Management Easter Tournament. On Sunday, Ken Turner landed one of the best Yellowfin Tuna caught off St Helens in quite some time, tipping the scales at a cracking 74.6 kilograms and the best […]

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 at 8AM this morning and our rescue vessel Break O’Day was on its way to […]

During April 2004 the yacht “Blue Print” was recovered from Cod Bay after running aground in stormy weather. Blue Print had contact with St Helens Marine Rescue radio listening watch in the evening, reporting they were heading north and had a very strong southerly wind. At 11.30pm a Mayday call was heard by our standby […]