About Us

Volunteer Marine Rescue Kingborough – Inc is a not-for-profit volunteer marine rescue unit located at Oyster Cove Marina, Kettering, Tasmania. The association as it is today, was formed in May 2015.

We provide marine safety and emergency response to the boating community of southern Tasmania working closely with other emergency services organisations including Tasmania Police, Tas Maritime Radio and Surf Life Saving Tasmania.

Our Rescue Vessel

Kingborough Rescue 1

Kingborough Rescue 1 is an 9m Noosa Cat powered by twin Suzuki 250 outboard engines with a modern navigation suite comprising of Raymarine products including three chart plotters, radar, GPS, AIS and a thermal imagining (FLIR) camera. It is fitted with all the required safety equipment, radios and additional equipment necessary for operations in our area. The vessel is in survey and can be operated in 2C and 2D waters by our members.

Statistics

Marine and Safety Tasmania

Annual Report 2019-20 – www.mast.tas.gov.au

62,992
Recreational Boat Licences
30,907
Registered Recreational Vessels
4,557
Registered Moorings
1,260
Commercial Vessels

Latest News

Kingborough Rescue 1 has arrived!

Kingborough Rescue 1 has arrived! Here’s a quick snippet of our new vessel arriving on Wednesday 15th March 2020. We now have the big task ahead of getting it ready …

New Vessel is on its way!

Since our last update we have been extremely busy behind the scenes organising transport and ensuring our new vessel is compliant to operate in our local Tassie waters. Our new …

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    Oyster Cove Marina, Ferry Rd, Kettering TAS 7155