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...]
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...]
THE GIFT OF LIFE-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 19/12/2018
THE GIFT OF LIFE Given the spate of boating incidents recently, sadly some fatal, never underestimate the value of spending some dollars on a Xmas present for someone close to you, that might just … [Read more...]