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Old 01-05-2013, 09:46 PM   #214
Tidahapah
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City: Mooloolaba
Vessel Name: Flora
Vessel Model: Timber southern cray boat
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Bruce,
You are right. In Qld we have Marine Rescue and Volunteer Coast Guard, seperate organisations operating in different ports and both voulnteer.
Locals join the one in their home port but each is a seperate organisation.
If one is a cruiser then there is not a lot of point in joining.
They do rescues for a donation and from heresay some peoople are very stingy.
Pretty hard to get them to tow a 30 tonne boat that is a hundred or 2 miles of the coast
I do use them when coasting with the Boss.
Otherwise I keep home or a relo informed by sat phone.
HF radio is not to dependable these days but terrific for weather reports and updates
Cheers
Benn
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