The Power Boat Report

Season Summary

Stephen Lazenby

Winter is a rather quiet time for the section and this cold spell certainly doesn't have members rushing to pull the covers of their boats.

The coming months will see a surge of activity with trips planned for coastal runs through to an invitation to overnight at Garden Island and Mangels Bay as soon as the weather warms up.

Our sections held a very successful event recently in conjunction with the Marine Safety Section from the Department of Transport. The event consisted of an in-depth presentation on how to inspect and service boat owner's inflatable life jackets. This inspection had several member’s jackets deemed unserviceable or in need of repair, which for the most part was done by the DOT staff on site and at no cost to the owners. For jackets deemed completely unserviceable a $30 voucher was provided to put towards the cost of purchasing new jackets.

At the conclusion of the session, a live demonstration of inflating a life jacket was undertaken to show the effectiveness of the jackets in case of an emergency.

An expired flare and Eprib bin was also provided to assist members with the safe disposal of these items, in excess of 100 outdated flares were handed in on the day along with a number of the old series Epribs. Throughout the days we received information on the soon to be released revised marine safety regulations surrounding flares and life jackets for various size vessels both in shore and offshore.

The section is now in the planning stage of arranging a live flare demonstration day at the club to instruct us on the safe use of various types of flares and final dates will be announced shortly.

Stephen Lazenby