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Tasmania has 8% of Australia's coastline: more coast than Victoria and New South Wales combined so it's hardly surprising that boating, boats and all things nautical are part of our life and culture. Tasmania's coastal waters cover some 23,000 square kilometers and the sea has not only been our link to the wider world but, for many of us, the source of our livelihood. Boat building and associated activities are part of our heritage and continue to make a valuable contribution to our economy.
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Updates
Weather
Deegan Marine Boat Show this weekend 14 and 15 August : Deegan Marine cash capsule (hourly draw) Fishcare with kids magnetic fishing Live trout display by the Young Anglers development club
Scallop dive fatality off Bruny: A MOONAH man has died while diving for scallops in the d'Entrecasteaux Channel.
Young Tasmanian sailors around the World - Update: Tasmanian sailors Zac Pullen from Hobart and Angus Barton from Launceston are well down the overall standings after the third day of competition in the Laser Radial World Youth Championships being sailed at Largs, Scotland.
Forty boats brave mid-winter on the Derwent: Derwent Sailing Squadron's third race of its Winter Pennants update: Like winter racing anywhere in Australia, the winds cometh and goeth.
26-metre 'Cat Cocos' ferry designed by Incat Crowther: To be built in Tasmania by Richardson Devine Marine, 'Cat Cocos III' will be the third vessel Incat Crowther has designed for the operator.
Team Whistler gaining ground in British Three Peaks: Team Whistler, Australia’s sole entry in the British Three Peaks Race, tonight are steadily gaining ground on the leading UK boats as they sail up the rugged coast of Scotland on the final on-water leg of the challenging combination of short-handed sail
British Three Peaks - Tasmania's Team Whistler win first sailing leg: Team Whistler from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has won the first sailing leg of the British Three Peaks Race, from Barmouth to Caernarfon in Wales, with its runners started out on the cross country run and steep climb to the top of Mount Snowdon and
Team Whistler leading British Three Peaks race: Hobart yachtsman David Rees and his team face a unique experience in the British Three Peaks Race that starts in Wales tonight – 'taking an ocean racer white water rafting.'
Austal closing Tassie doors: SHIPBUILDER Austal has this morning announced it will close its Tasmanian operations.
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania – Dramatic women’s sailing regatta: Experienced Hobart yachtswoman Lisa Blackwood today won a hard-fought and, at times, dramatic Sargison Jewellers Tasmanian women’s keelboat regatta on a windswept Derwent River that saw two ‘women overboard’ incidents.
Moth man smashes record: TASMANIAN sailor Rob Gough has become the fastest man in the world in his class, after smashing a speed record in Hobart.
Jessica revises return date: STRONG headwinds, sleep deprivation and busy shipping lanes have put the brakes on solo sailor Jessica Watson.
Man drowns in boat flip: A MAN drowned and another was rescued after their small boat overturned off Lauderdale Beach yesterday evening.
Yacht parents' storm ordeal: A MOTHER and father fought four-metre waves and gale-force winds in Bass Strait to beach their yacht and save their two daughters on Sunday night.
3 Peaks Race Results: Every division winner in the 22nd annual Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race has been decided with the top five crews now finished.
Fishermen give up 20 percent of lobster quota : Fishermen are voluntarily pushing for a 20 percent quota reduction in Tasmanian lobster catches over the next three years.
100 year old Aotea in Cygnet Regatta: The century old yacht Aotea is among a fleet of old and new yachts entered for Tasmania's historic Cygnet Regatta
new Dragon in Hobart: Australia's newest International Dragon class yacht Xanthos has just hit the water on the River Derwent
Fast sports boats for Crown Series: A strong fleet of Tasmania's fastest yachts, sports boats capable of downwind speeds under spinnaker of 20 knots and more - have entered for the 2010 Crown Series Bellerive Regatta.
Wooden Boat Enthusiasts: The February 2010 edition of the Festival Newsletter is now available on the AWBF website Hot News page. http://www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au/images/enews_12_Feb10.pdf
The Coles Bay Game Fishing Classic: The Coles Bay Game Fishing Classic is on again on March the 20th and 21st
MARINE FARM LEASE EXPANSION PROPOSAL: Tassal is planning to lodge an application with the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment to expand its Soldiers Point marine farm
Bruny Island race: The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's 84th Bruny Island Race has almost ended after nearly 24 hours of light winds in the River Derwent
Drowning tragedy at St Helens: A WOMAN has drowned at St Helens after a boat carrying five occupants overturned this morning.
Layoffs at Incat: HOBART shipbuilder Incat has laid off 20 workers as it nears completion of its latest vessel.
High cost of trashed EPIRB: TASMANIANS are again being urged to dispose of EPIRBs responsibly.
Skiers fall just short of record: A GROUP of Tasmanian water skiers have come tantalisingly close to breaking a world record.
Boaties slam new dock rules: Recreational boat owners have questioned changes to rules governing the use of Hobart's Constitution Dock
Wooden Boat Rally - 6th, 7th & 8th February: The Kettering Yacht Club and the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania invite you to join in a rally of wooden boats on the 'D'Entrecasteaux Channel," reads the invitation to all who own, sail or skipper a boat of a certain kind!
Jessica inspires record bid: Having been inspired by Jessica Watson's quest to become the youngest ever to achieve a solo unassisted global circumnavigation, I have decided to put together a plan of my own.
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Boats have sunk on their moorings from water first filling the engine, and then trickling out of engine apertures until the boat goes down.