Saving Lives Since 1975 – Charity No.1073840
Today (18th September 2022) saw the last of our Safety Cover Events this year with the Results Triathlon at Sandbanks Beach. This was the 3rd attempt of starting this event, seeing as the traffic lights due to the prolonged roadworks earlier in the year, at shore road, prevented the organiser from being to start the […]
Diary of my first safety cover I arrived at our muster point at approx 08.15hrs to see part of our club already laying the course of buoys. This gave me the chance to take in the atmosphere, talk to other club volunteers and enjoy the warm sun on my skin, even though I was somewhat […]
Our 2nd Safety cover event of the year, took place at Sandbanks with club members mustering at 05:00hrs to get all the kit out and the course set ready for a 06:00hrs swim start. A perfect morning, with a lovely sunrise, however when we set the buoys for the course, we discovered that the tide […]
It’s great to be back doing what the club is all about! – Providing Safety Cover at waterborne events. The first one of this year was on the 1st May 2022 and involved the Swanage Triathlon organised by Results Triathlon. It involved a 04:30hrs wake up alarm to be up and around at Swanage Seafront […]
The weather forecasts during the week leading up to This years Seahorse Swim were forecasting Easterly winds, blowing at 16 mph with gustts up to 28 mph. This led to some serious forecast watching and warnings of potential cancellations due to sea star being too rough to hold the swim from a safety perspective. However […]