On Sunday 28 October 2007 Shoalhaven Marine Rescue farewelled life member and one of the founders of the association, Ross Henderson, who passed away earlier this year. Ross’s family travelled to the entrance of the Crookhaven River below the Pilot Station on SA-8, escorted by SA-24. Ross’s ashes and flowers were scattered on the waters, a fitting tribute to a man of the sea.

On Sunday 14 October 2007 Shoalhaven Marine Rescue Association hosted our annual Emergency Services Open Day at Greenwell Point Park on the waterfront at Greenwell Point. The event brought together paid and unpaid professional emergency service organisations in the Shoalhaven with displays by the Rural Fire Service, N.S.W. Ambulance Service Rescue Squad, N.S.W. Police Force from the Shoalhaven Local Area Command and Water Police from Marine Area Command at Port Kembla, the State Emergency Service, The Australian Federal Police from Jervis Bay Territory, Shoalhaven Marine Rescue N.S.W. Fire Brigade and numerous community groups from Greenwell Point such as the Get to to the Point Programme. The open day commenced at 1000hrs and went until the late afternoon. Many people attending took advantage of the days fine weather and calm conditions and went for joyrides on the rescue vessels that were on display for the event.