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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: 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: 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: 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