Derwent River Pilot Contacts


  • Val Kalmikovs: (Also runs the Great Keppel island Swim) 

   Email: valkswim@gmail.com : Mobile:  046 889 6156  

   Boat: Leisure cat 6000 Capacity 6pp. Half Cabin covered deck portable toilet, USB chargers,

   Hot water. Fully insured, including Swimmers insurance. iswimhappy.com 


  • Phil Peppiatt 

      Dodges Ferry – ‘Tasmanian Sea Rescue’ 

      Email: searescuetas@outlook.com or pmpeppiatt@gmail.com:  Mobile: 042 804 8992.


  • Heath Watts   Email: heath_watts@hotmail.com Mobile 0448006216.
  • Boat Capacity 6 Crew: Fully insured: portable toilet. Deck Bimini.


  • Benn Kirkpatrick -Current Coxswain - Mobile 0418108321   -email: bennkirkpatrick@hotmail.com
    Boat Capacity 6 Crew: Covered deck area: Portable Toilet Fully insured