MARINE RESCUE With the holiday period over, it is worth reflecting on the activities of our local Marine Rescue Groups. The Margaret River group, over a six week period, attended approximately 10 … [Read more...]
BEWARE THE WEST SWELL – published in Aug/MR Mail 28/4/2021
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...]
KIMBERLEY ACTION-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 3/7/2019
KIMBERLEY ACTION Now that you are all finally getting belted with much needed rain and cold fronts down south, it means the weather in the Kimberley is just perfect. A month or so ago when … [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...]