News

Deegan Marine cash capsule (hourly draw)
Fishcare with kids magnetic fishing
Live trout display by the Young Anglers development club
Fish finder and GPS workshops by Lowrance
Special Boat show deals on Lowrance fishfinders & GPS
MAST with flare display and safe boating tips (Saturday)
Fish "n" Chicks competition for the girls
Honda Marine prize draw [read more...]

A MOONAH man has died while diving for scallops in the d'Entrecasteaux Channel.

The 48-year-old was in Great Bay, off Bruny Island, when he got into difficulty yesterday.

Marine Police and another boat in the Channel responded to the distress call from the man's two diving companions.

Tasmania Police said cardio-pulmonary resuscitation was given until the Tasmanian Ambulance Service met them at Woodbridge but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. [read more...]

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.

Lack of wind prevented any sailing for the first day and a half and so far the 320 competitors from 42 nations have completed only three races, with today’s racing in 6-8 knots. [read more...]

Derwent Sailing Squadron's third race of its Winter Pennants update: Like winter racing anywhere in Australia, the winds cometh and goeth. On Hobart's River Derwent, however, there is the added chill of sailing on a mid-winter's day.
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Australian naval architect Incat Crowther will design a 26-metre catamaran ferry for Seychelles operator Inter Island Boats.

To be built in Tasmania by Richardson Devine Marine, 'Cat Cocos III' will be the third vessel Incat Crowther has designed for the operator. [read more...]

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 sailing and mountain climbing.

As they passed the island of Islay (famous for its single malt whisky) and headed north toward the famous seaport of Oban, Team Whistler’s chartered 38-footer Lightning Reflex had sailed into third place in the fleet, regaining some of the time lost by tide and time at Whitehaven at the end of the second sailing leg. [read more...]

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 back.
The Three Peaks Race started early today, Australian time, with Team Whistler’s chartered yacht, Lightning Reflex, outsailing the other 22 boats on the 62 nautical miles of sailing to reach Caernarfon in the narrow Menai Straits about eight hours later. [read more...]

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.'

Rees made this comment on the eve of the rugged sailing and mountain running challenge ahead of Team Whistler when the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania team joins 22 other teams in the 33rd running of the ‘grandfather’ of three peaks events, whose offspring includes the Tasmanian Three Peaks. [read more...]

SHIPBUILDER Austal has this morning announced it will close its Tasmanian operations.

In a blow to Tasmanian manufacturing, the West Australian-based company advised the Australian Securities Exchange this morning that the Margate shipyard would close in September. [read more...]

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.

Sailing in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s fleet of Elliott 5.9 sportsboats, the ten all-women crews battled chilly 20 knot winds with the gold fleet result decided on Blackwood’s tactical skills in the final race. [read more...]

TASMANIAN sailor Rob Gough has become the fastest man in the world in his class, after smashing a speed record in Hobart.

He clocked up an astonishing 30.7 knots, that's about 57 km/h, during a training session in his International Moth on the Derwent River last weekend. [read more...]

STRONG headwinds, sleep deprivation and busy shipping lanes have put the brakes on solo sailor Jessica Watson.

Jessica has been forced to revise her expected ETA at the end of her round the world voyage to the weekend of May 15-16. Right until the weekend Jessica had held on to the slim hope she would be able to make up the significant ground lost because of the horrific weather she has encountered since entering Australian waters just under a month ago. [read more...]

A MAN drowned and another was rescued after their small boat overturned off Lauderdale Beach yesterday evening.
Police said residents on Bangalee St heard the men screaming for help when their wooden boat started taking on water just after 5pm. [read more...]

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.

Binalong Bay parents Simon and Karin Gilbertson and their daughters Leah, 7, and Tess, 6, had set sail on a six-month holiday to Brisbane 13 days ago. [read more...]

First boat home Team Whistler, skippered by Hobart barrister David Rees, completed the course just before midnight on Monday, taking out the racing monohull division with a total time of three days, eight hours and 41 minutes. [read more...]

Fishermen are voluntarily pushing for a 20 percent quota reduction in Tasmanian lobster catches over the next three years.
The Tasmanian lobster is under threat of extinction and the fishermen hope that the reduction in quota will secure its long-term sustainability. [read more...]

The century old yacht Aotea is among a fleet of old and new yachts entered for Tasmania's historic Cygnet Regatta, which this weekend is celebrating the 146th anniversary of the first regatta on Port Cygnet, south of Hobart. [read more...]

Australia's newest International Dragon class yacht Xanthos hit the water on the River Derwent christened by 90-year-old former Dragon sailor Edis Boyes.

On a hot and sunny morning in Hobart, Boyes sprinkled champagne over the bow of the new fibreglass boat, owned by Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania member Mike Wilkinson and built at Margate by Zane Ridgeway. [read more...]

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.
Bellerive Yacht Club is expecting more than 200 keel boats, trailable yachts and a wide range of off-the-beach classes to contest the regatta on 26, 27 and 28 February. [read more...]

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 [read more...]

The Coles Bay Game Fishing Classic is on again on March the 20th and 21st
Entries in the tournament are now available but are limited to 50 boats so if you want to be part of this event contact Peter on 0418358498 / 62436969 or John on 0418278696 / 62278696 [read more...]

Tassal is planning to lodge an application with the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment to expand its Soldiers Point marine farm by 195 metres to the north west and 130 metres to the south east. [read more...]

The 89 nautical mile race took the fleet of 25 yachts down the Derwent and through the winding d'Entrecasteaux Channel, returning up the ocean side of the elongated island, with Gary Smith's Bakewell-White 45-footer The Fork in the Road taking line honours just before 1.00am this morning, 26 minutes ahead of rival Mr Kite, Andrew Hunn's Cape/Barrett 40. [read more...]

A WOMAN has drowned at St Helens after a boat carrying five occupants overturned this morning.

A police spokesman said that four people had been located after the boat overturned off Beerbarrel Beach about 10.15am.

The Westpac rescue helicopter was to have been sent to the scene but the woman's body was found. [read more...]

HOBART shipbuilder Incat has laid off 20 workers as it nears completion of its latest vessel.

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union state president Darren Clark said 10 full-time employees and 10 casuals employed by a labour hire firm were going. [read more...]

TASMANIANS are again being urged to dispose of EPIRBs responsibly.

The call comes after an expensive rescue effort resulted in an emergency beacon being located in a rubbish dump. [read more...]

A GROUP of Tasmanian water skiers have come tantalisingly close to breaking a world record.

In an attempt to break the record for most water skiers towed behind a single boat, the Horsehead Waterski Club crossed the line with 99 skiers upright at Strahan. The record is 100.
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Recreational boat owners have questioned changes to rules governing the use of Hobart's Constitution Dock, the home of the Sydney-to-Hobart ocean classic.

TasPorts letter to casual users says visitors have to fill out a new registration form as part of a review of arrangements. [read more...]

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! Sailing vessels, motor boats and dinghies are all welcome to join the fun, but all participating vessels must have wood as their principal construction material [read more...]

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.
Having a flick through the Guinness Book of Records the other day I realised that there are so many different records out there and began thinking about which one I would like to attempt. [read more...]

Tasmania has added to its system of marine protected areas (MPAs) with the creation of 16 new MPAs in south-east Tasmania. The 16 reserves extend over about 12,000ha and cover the range of marine ecosystems found in south-east Tasmania; including rocky reefs, inter-tidal sand flats, seagrass beds, kelp communities, mudflats and offshore reefs and islands. [read more...]

Derwent Sailing Squadron (DSS) member Sally Rattle will be the sole woman owner/skipper in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, sailing her Archambault 35 Archie.

The 628 nautical mile race will her first Sydney Hobart, but she and her boat have already established a most successful record in ocean racing, including winning Tasmania's Bruny Island and Maria Island Races and the
2007 Melbourne to Hobart Rudder Cup Centenary Race. [read more...]

Intense rivalry is building up between competitors in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's two races from Melbourne to Hobart in late December - which yacht will be first to Hobart from the fleets competing in the traditional Wester Coast Race or the recently introduced East Coaster Race. [read more...]

Five young Tasmanian sailors are in the team of ten to represent Australia at the International Cadet World championships to be sailed on the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the end of this month.

The Tasmanians, all from Sandy Bay Sailing Club, assembled at the club today to try out their new uniforms with team members flying out of Hobart at the weekend to begin two to three weeks of intensive training in chartered
boats. [read more...]

Navigation Hazard - Floating Logs - Channel

Notice No.: M175-09
Valid From: 03/12/2009
Valid Until: 23/12/2009
Notice:
Mariners are advised that large floating logs have been reported in the Channel from Castle Forbes Bay to South of Huonville.
Mariners are advised to navigate with extreme caution in these areas. [read more...]

'Which flares are right for YOUR boat?' .
Marine and Safety Tasmania are holding a boating safety demonstration day on Franklin Wharf, Hobart, just near where the fleet tie up after the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race on Friday 27th November at 1200 hours.

Hobart's office workers that are interested in or are recreational boating enthusiasts will be able to take advantage of their lunchtime to see some action on the water front in Hobart. [read more...]

Tasmania's most promising young sailors today displayed the skills that could make them future national champions when they competed in the State's newest regatta, The Showdown, on Hobart's Derwent River.

A total of 147 off-the-beach dinghies, skiffs, catamarans and sailboards are competing in the three day regatta that began with a twilight race for keelboats on Friday evening. Today saw a 'sea of sail' on the Derwent. [read more...]

With the start of the new licensing year on Sunday 1st November, fishers are reminded to renew their recreational fishing licences for abalone, rock lobster, scallops and netting. A new licence for using set lines has also been introduced following the scalefish review.

Licences can be renewed online at www.fishing.tas.gov.au/licence or are available from Service Tasmania shops. The 2009-10 Recreational Sea Fishing Guide and new fish measuring rulers can also be obtained from Service Tasmania and most bait and tackle shops. and Gauges for measuring abalone, rock lobster and scallops are also available from Service Tasmania. These products are funded from Fishwise - Our Recreational Sea fishing licence fees at work.
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The highly regarded Tasmanian lobster is under threat of extinction and fishermen are putting up their hands and telling the State Government to cut commercial quotas.

They have voted to push for a 20 per cent reduction in the catch, in the hope it will help secure the long-term sustainability of their industry. [read more...]

Three Tasmanian yachts are contesting the annual Melbourne to Stanley Yacht Race, the tough 152 nautical mile race across Bass Strait, to be sailed this coming weekend.

The fleet will start from Queenscliff, just inside The Rip at Port Phillip at 4.30am on Saturday, enabling the yachts to sail into Bass Strait at slack tide. [read more...]

Hobart yachtswoman Sally Rattle and her skipper Scott Brain got off to a winning start today in their Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race campaign when Sally's Archambault 35 Archie won Division 1 of Bellerive Yacht Club's Pennant race on the Derwent.

Archie has been a most successful harbour and offshore racing yacht over the past three seasons, winning the Bruny Island Race, the Maria Island Race and the Combined Club Offshore Series in southern Tasmania and also the 2008
Melbourne to Hobart Race.
[read more...]

Tasmanian based Fiomarine has entered the oil and gas market with a sale of its Fiobuoys into the expanding Western Australian market. URS Australia recently placed an order for five Fiobuoys to assist in its offshore underwater operations.

Fiomarine first introduced the Fiobuoy to offshore customers at the Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) in Perth, Western Australia earlier this year. [read more...]

Do not eat any bream and limit consumption of flathead and other Derwent-caught fish

• Pregnant women and young children should limit consumption of flathead or other Derwent caught fish to no more than ONE meal per week, and avoid eating other fish in the same week. [read more...]

All changes are reflected in the 2009-10 Recreational Sea Fishing Guide and on new fish measuring rulers which are available at Service Tasmania outlets and most bait and tackle shops.

Set Line licence: A licence is now required to use any set line. A set line is either a dropline or a longline, with up to 30 hooks. A person may only use one set line at a time.
[read more...]

The Marina Industries Association of Australia (MIAA) has appointed Martin Robinson, General Manager of The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT) to its Board of Directors. This new appointment means MIAA now has Board representation from each Australian state.

MIAA Chairman Andrew Chapman says, “We are very pleased to welcome Martin to our existing Board of Directors. MIAA has 14 of its 183 members in Tasmania and this appointment provides a direct linkage with the marina industries in Tasmania. We look forward to Martin’s participation in further strengthening our capacity to respond to the needs of industry in Tasmania and to liaise with government to ensure that marina industries are effectively promoted and protected”. [read more...]

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