Oak Bay Sea Rescue

Oak Bay Sea Rescue (OBSR) provides support and funding for Station (#33) of The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) and is a volunteer marine rescue service in Oak Bay, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, operating out of the the Oak Bay Marina providing marine search and rescue to the water's off Oak Bay and The Juan de Fuca Strait. Oak Bay Sea Rescue is a non-profit organization and relies largely on private donations, it is separate from The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. Oak Bay Sea Rescue has a Junior Auxiliary Program for youths 13 to 18 years of age. Oak Bay Sea Rescue also promotes boating safety through education and other ways.
History
Oak Bay Sea Rescue was founded in 1977 with 12 volunteer boat owners.
It later became partners with the Provincial Emergency Program in 1984 it was made part of the CMRA in June of 1984, in 1997 the CMRA became Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary and in 2012 it rebrands it self as Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue.
The has one boathouse and is the only boathouse allowed at the Oak Bay Marina by the municipality.
On February 1st, 1989 with Minus 11 Degrees Celsius, snow showers, winds NE at 20 and gusting to 26 knots, freezing spray, conditions six-foot breaking seas, Sea smoke and snow showers reducing visibility to near zero. The Oak Bay Sea Rescue vessel the Responder on a tasking by the Victoria Rescue Co-ordination Centre the crew issued a distress and abandoned the vessel sank with three crew members on board. Spray froze instantly to their floater suits. They were all amazingly rescued by Victoria Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 35.
Oak Bay Sea Rescue puts on rescue demonstrations every year at the Oak Bay Tea Party.
Oak Bay Sea Rescue/Station #33 had 52 Missions in 2012.
Vessels
*OBSR II - Year 2008
*OBSR I - Year 2000 (2010 mid-life refit)
*Jack Groves - Year 1991 (no longer in service)
*The Responder - Year 1984 (no longer in service)

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