It started out as a perfect autumn Saturday morning. I had just had taken possession of a new boat trailer for my 4.2m Stessco, dropped it onto the sand and was preparing for a messy trailer … [Read more...]
CASTAWAY II- published in Aug/MR Mail 5/8/2020
CASTAWAY II When looking after the boating community, marine rescue groups deal with a wide range of incidents and I was given a first hand account of a recent one in Broome that is worth … [Read more...]
SIMPLY NOT SAFE- published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 5/12/2019
SIMPLY NOT SAFE Over the last month or so I have been very public in my criticisms of the recent Position Paper on Recreational Vessel Safety Equipment put out by the Department of Transport. This … [Read more...]
GAP IN PROCEEDINGS-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 2/5/2019
GAP IN PROCEEDINGS After some savage ocean conditions over the last few weeks, as nature would have it, we soon returned to pristine autumn conditions throughout the southwest. Two huge swells with … [Read more...]
COIL THAT ROPE AGAIN? Published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 20/2/2019
COIL THAT ROPE AGAIN? Apologies for this week’s article, but because I am driving across the country I had to ‘regurgitate’ an article I wrote back in 2010, which is still a good read. Last week … [Read more...]
REMINISCING AND NETWORKING-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 13/2/2019
REMINISCING AND NETWORKING Whenever travelling, I take the opportunity to visit marine rescue facilities to network with these organisations and you never know what you might learn from like minded … [Read more...]