St Kilda Boat Sales

St Kilda Boat Sales http://www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/ Go4 News Go4 Multimedia. Donovan Craig <donovan@go4.com.au> http://www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/news/newsitem.html?news_id=98 EarthCam - Voted Us Top 10 The Top 10 Webcams are chosen by a panel of EarthCam producers who select the best out of hundreds of popular webcam submissions. The criteria used for judging includes image quality, uniqueness of the content, and overall technical achievement in webcam technology. These are the cameras that have amused, amazed, or astounded us. View: EarthCam's Top 10 This award is really quite amazing, given our Web Cam only went LIVE on December 10, 2008. And if you remember, for the first two days we had a few minor teething problems which produced a very slow and poor quality LIVE video stream..... Today, our stream is strong, image quality is brilliant and our pre-programmed camera path is smooth in transition. Last Saturday and Sunday, we are proud to advise that over 2,000+ individual users logged onto to www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/webcam to enjoy our free service, which worked beautifully. Our Web Cam is proudly presented by Club Marine Insurance, Australia's largest pleasure craft insurer. Visit: www.clubmarine.com.au     Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/news/newsitem.html?news_id=31 Christmas Closure & Fuel Sales Season's Greetings Let us take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas with a safe and wonderful New Year. And a Happy Chanukah to those that celebrate!!   To everyone, we hope the coming year is full of good health together with fun times spent with those that are important and urge you to be safe & sensible on the water. On behalf of Dealer Principals Andrew Rose & Darren Finkelstein, together with our crew: Bev, Sonny, Wayne, Rhys, Chris, Damo and John @ Boat Sales We sincerely thank you for your custom during 2008 and hope that our level of service to you in 2009, continues to exceed your expectations. Christmas Closure SERVICE CENTRE Closed       12 noon - Wednesday 24th December Re-Open      8.30am - Monday 12th January BOAT SALES Closed        12 noon - Wednesday 24th December Re-Open      9.00am  - Saturday 10th January    Fuel Availability over Christmas + New Year period Because we are a preferred supplier of fuel to Victorian emergency services incl. Water Police, Coast Guard & Marine Safety and nationally to Department of Defence: Army & Navy, we will have plenty of quality BP Fuel both Diesel & Unleaded in our holding tanks to cover the Christmas & New Year period... So there is no need to worry about supply with our fuel dock open 24-7 for your convenience. To avoid running out of fuel in your vessel during our Christmas close down, please note the following arrangements... Pre-Paid Card Holders If you are a current pre-paid fuel card holder?.. Plan ahead, so why not simply phone Bev or Andrew at our Service Centre, early December on 03) 9534-8213 to top-up your credit on your pre-paid card. We can arrange over the phone, top-ups using your valid credit card* (MasterCard or Visa). Should you run out of your fuel credit  during our close down, visit the St Kilda Marina office (see below) where you can purchase fuel-card(s) with pre-set credit amounts - to hold you over until our Service Centre re-opens, when we can top-up your cards. General Public The St Kilda Marina office is well stocked with our Fuel Cards during our Service Centre closure.   The Marina office is open daily 10am to 4pm and all public holidays (except Christmas Day). Visa, MasterCard, EFTPOS or Cash accepted over the counter. St Kilda Marina office: 03) 9534-0448 Note: All Credit Card payments will attract a surcharge. Last word for 2009 When thinking about the current worldwide economic times, always remember..... "The tide always comes back in  - So this too will pass"  Besides, the Snapper don't know there's a recession!   Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/news/newsitem.html?news_id=94 Enchanced Marine Forecasting A number of marine service enhancements have been introduced in Victoria, by the Bureau of Meteorology, to improve the usability of marine forecasts and provide mariners with an improved level of service. The service enhancements which came into effect on Tuesday 28 October 2008 include: •    An additional Victorian coastal waters zone •    Port Phillip and Western Port to have separate Forecasts and Warnings •    Improvements to coastal and local waters warnings An additional Victorian coastal waters zone As of 28 October 2008, Victoria now has four coastal waters zones instead of three. The current East coast zone which covers Wilson's Promontory to Gabo Island has been split into two zones at Lakes Entrance. The new boundary is located between Lakes Entrance and Flinders Island forming two coastal zones named Central Gippsland Coast and East Gippsland Coast. This new division will provide mariners with more detailed coastal waters forecast information between Wilson's Promontory and Gabo Island. The four Victorian coastal waters zones are summarised as follows: •    West Coast - SA/VIC border to Cape Otway •    Central coast - Cape Otway to Wilson's Promontory •    Central Gippsland Coast - Wilson's Promontory to Lakes Entrance •    East Gippsland Coast - Lakes Entrance to Gabo Island Port Phillip and Western Port now have separate Forecasts and Warnings Forecasts for Port Phillip and Western Port were previously issued as a combined text-based product. This also applied to the warnings for these two areas. As of 28 October 2008, Port Phillip and Western Port local waters forecasts and warnings are available as separate products. Separating Port Phillip and Western Port will provide a more detailed level of forecast information for these two adjacent local waters areas. Also, terminology for wave information in these forecasts will be consistent with the coastal waters forecasts. Therefore sea (or wind) waves will be referred as 'Seas' in the forecasts. Improvements to Coastal and Local Waters warnings Coastal and local waters marine warnings have been improved to highlight the worst conditions expected within the next 24 hours. Warnings will focus on the highest winds and highest waves expected in a designated area. Note that these highest winds are averages and do not include gusts. Similarly the highest waves are the significant waves and not maximum waves. For more information on wind and waves see: About marine services. Mariners are reminded that more detailed information is contained within the coastal and local waters forecasts. The highest waves are derived from the expected total wave height and consistent with terminology used in coastal waters forecasts, the highest waves will be referred as 'Combined sea and swell'. Note that the wind warning thresholds for strong winds, gale, storm force and hurricane force wind warnings remain unchanged. For more details visit www.bom.gov.au/nextgen/ This news story was reprinted with permission from Shipmate: Visit  www.shipmate.com.au Please Note: The St Kilda Boat Sales website has already implemented changes to its data feed and weather links from The Bureau Of Meteorology, to reflect the above enchancements and warnings. Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/news/newsitem.html?news_id=97 New Web Cam at St Kilda Marina A new Web Cam located 60ft above the water at the top of the lighthouse at the entrance to the famous St Kilda Marina will allow mariners to check out actual bay conditions and on water activity at the top end of Port Phillip. No longer will boaters have to drive to the water’s edge to check out conditions prior to launching. The Web Cam is the initiative of St Kilda Boat Sales and can be accessed via their web site at www.stkildaboatsales.com.au/webcam The Web Cam is funded and sponsored by Club Marine Insurance and broadcasts actual bay conditions live. Club Marine is Australia's largest pleasure craft insurer. Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au>