On Sunday the team headed for some early morning rope rescue training at Old Harry (having first headed to the Stone Quay for some early morning coffee and breakfast!).
Its always good to keep our skill levels up, and during the course of the morning four of our five cliff technicians descended to the water line at the bottom of the cliff and were returned using different methods of recovery.
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| The Station Officer was first to go over.... |
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| ......closely followed by the Deputy! |
We kept the cliff-top operators and cliff edge safety officer rotated so everyone got to practise different disciplines.
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| The Cliff-top operators doing their thing! |
Part way through the morning we observed a jet ski break down at Old Harry. We monitored the vessel for over an hour and although the two riders managed to start it, it wasn't right and they broke down several more times as they crossed Studland Bay. Discussions were taking place with the control room regarding the best course of action to recover the jet ski when it was taken under tow by a passing boat and returned to the shore where it was met by some of the team who had made their way from the training to South Beach.
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| The jet ski had only just been bought second hand and broke down at Old Harry on its first trip out. The riders had no radio, no flares, no proper buoyancy aids, no anchor to stop themselves drifting, no collapsible paddle to get out of trouble. Words of advice were given. |
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