On early Wednesday morning volunteers went to the assistance of a 9m Bayliner which had six adults and four children on board.

The boat had broken down and ran aground south of Dawesville and was towed to Port Bouvard.

At around 1pm on Christmas Eve one person was on board a 4.5m runabout and encountered mechanical problems and ran aground in the channel off the Mary Street jetty.

Early Boxing Day morning a 4.2m runabout broke down in shallow waters off Novara boat ramp.

A man and two children were on board.

Also that day two people on a 4.7m runabout and five people on board another vessel had motor problems.

On Sunday the call had gone out that a boat with two people on board had power problems and was taking on water about 400m offshore.

A passing vessel was first to the scene and towed the boat back to safety.

Later that day a small runabout with three people on board broke down near the estuary bridge.

Volunteers located them at Boundary Island and towed them to the Furnissdale ramp.

The Mandurah Water Rescue Group is available on marine radio (channel 88 is the 27MHZ emergency channel while 91 is the working channel.)

Channel 16 is the VHF emergency channel and the VHF working channels are 73 and 82.

The HF channel 4125 and is monitored by the group.

For more information call the Mandurah Water Rescue Group on 9535 4789.