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Shipshape issues 2021

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – December 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Men overboard
• Flare disposal
• Lifejacket clinics
• New ramp cameras

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – November 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Burnt out
• Inspect fire extinguishers
• Check the rules
• Crash course
• Paddleboard tips
• Quarterly safety report

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – October 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Alone at sea
• Keep clear of big ships
• Give whales a wide berth
• Yarra paddling tips
• New boater tools
• Aus Drowning Report
• Vic Water Safety Strategy

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – August 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Dinghy downed
• Check your anchors
• Lifejacket service QR codes
• Ramp cams for Frankston
• Safety seminars
• Quarterly safety report

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – June 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Yacht rescue
• Winterise your vessel
• Be safe, be seen
• New ramp cams
• Get your radio qualification
• A use for old lifejackets
• Jet ski recall

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – April 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Coroner urges preparation
• Dress for the cold
• Boat explodes
• Kayak washes ashore
• Who to call
• Keep a lookout
• Enter our prize draw

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – March 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Watch the wind
• Paying the price after crash
• Look out, divers about
• Clear way to kite right
• Draft Standard: Boat requirements

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – February 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Can you call for help?
• Take boating strategy survey
• Lifejackets required in The Heads
• How kayakers can prepare
• Search map for licence courses
• Port Phillip jet ski safety
• More lifejacket clinics
• Boating safety grants

Shipshape: Boating Safety News – January 2021

• Lessons Learnt: Pick the right lifejacket
• Keep clear of ships
• Lightbar safety
• Enjoy wildlife from a distance
• Agencies urge long weekend safety
• Flare recall

Shipshape issues 2020

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - December 2020

• Lessons Learnt: Could you get back on?
• Lifejacket inspection clinics
• New ABP Standard
• Using VHF marine radio
• Offshore fishing advice
• Stay safe on the water
• NSW and SA border rules

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - November 2020

• Lessons Learnt: Clinging to life
• Exemption for low-powered kayaks
• Interactive waterway rule map
• Help steer boating investment
• More ramp cams on Boating Vic
• How to use a distress beacon
• Vietnamese Skipper’s Manual
• Campaigning for safer boating
• Fee freeze, COVIDSafe boating, Jet ski recall

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - June 2020

• Lessons Learnt: Kayak and PWC capsize
• Boat ramp cameras switched on
• Service your boat
• Winterising your vessel
• Navigation lights: Be safe, be seen

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - February 2020

• Get onboard with beacons
• Use Boating Vic for vital weather checks
• Which boat ramps have cameras?
• Bar crossing danger
• Bushfire relief assistance

Shipshape issues 2019

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - December 2019

• Meet the Director
• Know the weather - Get Boating Vic
• New personal watercraft rule
• Consultation: ABP Standard
• Drowning Report 2018/19

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - October 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Invisible poison
• Empty ramp car park warning
• Consultation: Yarra River rules
• Check your fuel
• Stay dry over Cup weekend
• Upcoming events

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - September 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Lake plunge
• Will your boat float?
• Have your say on event safety
• Get your gear ready
• Upcoming events
• Marine engine recall

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - August 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Lost in the fog
• Consultation: New jet ski rule
• Notices on your waterways
• Get set for summer: Upcoming events
• Follow Maritime Safety Victoria online

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - June 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Overboard as night falls
• Salvage operation for grounded yacht
• Prizes up for grabs at the Boat Show
• Keep an eye out for divers
• We're building a ramp camera site

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - April 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Wear a lifejacket
• Easter boating safety advice
• Fisherman fined after close call with ship
• Youngsters get on board with safety

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - March 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Lock in a buddy plan
• Jet ski owner faces court
• Safety Warning: Check your sealed decks
• In the news: Mercury engine recall

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - February 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Carry a distress beacon
• Safety Alert: Navigation lights
• Look out for changing conditions
• Reckless PWC riders face fines

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - January 2019

• Lessons Learnt: Could you save yourself?
• Motorised kayak exemption trial extended
• Inspecting boat industry safety plate compliance
• Dangers of bow riding
• Engine pod breaks from transom
• Check the expiry of your flares

Shipshape issues 2018

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - December 2018

• Prepare to survive: Know the five
• Lessons Learnt: When weather turns deadly
• New emergency radio service improving boater safety
• Joining forces over the Melbourne Cup weekend

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - October 2018

• Lessons Learnt: Lake placid, then perilous
• Nav aid hit: Remember to stay alert
• Prepare your boat for summer
• Fielding boating safety queries

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - July 2018

• Lessons Learnt: Radio rescues
• Safety Alert - Fuel tanks
• Sharing boating safety advice with showgoers
• Better prepared with marine emergency drills

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - May 2018

• Lessons Learnt: Hidden hazards on a calm day
• Jet ski hoons under intense scrutiny
• Bar crossing warning for paddlers
• Emergency beacons up for grabs
• Annual report released

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - February 2018

• Lessons Learnt: Oh buoy, I'm in trouble
• RECALL: Lifejacket batch fails testing
• Boaters need to expect the unexpected
• Trial exemption: Low-powered kayaks
• Trawler runs aground
• New direction for MSV

Shipshape issues 2017

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - December 2017

• Lessons Learnt: How a routine commute led to capsize
• Changes to laws about children operating PWCs
• Safety Alert: Vessel overloading and stability
• Identifying boaters most at risk
• Stop to check your gear's in working order
• Rescue agencies honoured with ceremony
• Boating safety boost over summer

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - October 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Out of sight, out of mind
• New emergency radio service
• Low visibility warning
• Survey for Victorian PWC riders

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - September 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Raising the alarm
• Updated HMDs for Port of Melbourne waters
• Yarra River speed limit changes
• Boating safety education trailer on tour
• Spring into action for snapper season

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - July 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Be safe, be seen on the water
• The end of an era - 130 years of vessel surveys
• Time for some TLC: Tatong lifejacket care
• Yarra River ferry inspections
• Coordinated rollout of GPS signage

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - June 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Explosion after refuelling
• Partnerships for better boating safety
• Safety education trailer parks up at Melbourne Boat Show
• Setting the standard for training providers
• MSV joins national environmental emergency drill
• Have you winterised your boat?

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - May 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Trio tipped into cold water
• Safety education push after PWC blitz
• Come see our team at the Melbourne Boat Show
• Sharing safety tips across the state
• GPS signs point to degree of accuracy

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - April 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Capsize at Geelong's Grain Pier
• PWC riders: Ride right or pay the price
• Summer safety survey
• Binned beacons cause false alarms
• Paddling safety in numbers
• Display trailer angling for safety

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - January 2017

• Lessons Learnt: Dad shares beacon of hope
• The Age reports on MSV paddle death findings
• Safety authorities urge paddlers to steer clear of alcohol
• Support our safety campaign
• 2015-16 annual statistics released

Shipshape issues 2016

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - December 2016

• Gearing up for summer safety
• Water Safety Week 2016
• New marine licence practice test launch
• Safe and accessible Victorian waterways consultation
• New VicEmergency app launched
• Operation South End hits the heads

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - October 2016

• Lessons Learnt: Trio lost at sea
• Talking Fishing with our man Marty
• Top tips for boaters and a new weather app
• Get set for the snapper season

Shipshape: Boating Safety News - September 2016

• Lessons Learnt: Anglesea angels of the sea
• Calling all paddlers! Want to win a PLB?
• Free safety checks for boating community
• Take a rain check on boating on floodwaters
• New safety signs in time for summer