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Brisbane Coast Guard’s signature vessel. VMR Raby Bay’s biggest vessel.
Information on Volunteer Marine Rescue TQueensland and Queensland Coast Guard
HESE two outfits offer from donations, some sponsorship volunteer marine search and membership.
and rescue services to the The main vessel is a Kevlacat
Boating Safety
by BRIAN WEBB
boating public across 2700km of 3000 powered by twin 250hp Su-
Queensland coastline.
For a paltry $77 per year you can
VMR Brisbane is manned by vol- unteers who have a duty crew avail- able on weekends and public holi- days from 6am to 5pm. A duty crew is also on standby 24/7 and VMR Brisbane can be contacted on 0428 022 881 in emergencies.
zuki four-strokes.
Additionally, the four other VMR
receive these services with no other charges. If you are not a member, it can cost a fortune to have either of these services called out to your boat in distress, especially the Vol- unteer Marine Rescue.
outfits that cover Moreton Bay have 4.59m Stabicrafts for inshore work and some have 5.9m Swift RIBs powered by 175hp Suzukis.
They raise most of their funds
Our local VMR bases are Bri- bie Island (VMR 445), Brisbane/ Shorncliffe (VMR 401), Raby Bay (VMR 455), North Stradbroke Is- land (VMR 449) and Victoria Point (VMR 441). Victoria Point also cov- ers south to Jacobs Well.
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VHF call channels are 73, 67 and 21, while 80 is the 27MHz call channel. The emergency VHF chan- nel is 16 or 88 on 27MHz. VHF channel 73 is the normal ship to ship channel and for logging on with the VMR, or channel 90 on 27MHz.
Coast Guard QF2 (Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club Manly) and Red- land Bay QF7 run coxswain courses, first-aid courses and marine radio courses where you can obtain a radio licence. Their vessels are yellow.
Hours of operation are 6am to 6pm (5pm Redland Bay) on weekends and public holidays.
Frequencies monitored are 88, 90 and 91 on 27MHz, 13, 16, 63, 67, 73, 81 and 82 on VHF as well as 2182, 2524, 4125, 6215 and 8291 on HF.
You can phone Manly on 07 3396 5911 and Redland Bay on 07 3206 7777. All fishos can log on to their nearest VMR for free – it’s only