Wednesday 1 April 2009

Coastguard Rescue Jetski "One Zero One"

Well the Easter weekend is nearly here and we have been given some smashing new equipment to trial for the next 3 months. We had a spin on it this weekend, around Swanage Bay and by golly she’s quick.



Above: - Ian and Rid on the Coastguard Rescue Jetski "Rescue Jetski - One Zero One"

The Station Officer Ian is already proficient on his scooter so who better to take her for a spin. Poor Rid is hanging on for dear life! Shortly after this ‘action shot’ they caught a wave and Ian in turn caught himself on the handlebars (An accident known in the trade as the ‘Boston Ballcrusher’) - ouchers! He’s still walking funny today poor chap.

The idea came from a Lego model. Regular Blog readers will know that some of the team have some Lego Coastguard stuff- and yes we are grown men. For a bit of a laugh we discussed the idea with the Sector Manager who low and behold thought it was actually a jolly good idea. So as of today, we’ve got a jetski.


Above: Lego Jetski

3 comments:

Andy said...

Are you going to be towing that with the Smart 4x4 you got around this time last year?

CG said...

Yup that's the one!

james said...

Hello there!

Im part of the walton Coastguard team in Essex, just interested to hear how your getting on with the jet ski?


james@66fingers.com