Portland Coastguard HQ: Southborne Coastguard you are tasked to assist in the recovery of a personal watercraft just south of Hengistbury Head. Mudeford Lifeboat has been launched, over.
Southborne Coastguard: Roger, can you confirm details over?
Portland Coastguard HQ: Be on the look out for a personal watercraft in the form of a black and white jet ski, over.
Southborne Coastguard -Out of breath from running: We are with the informant and can see the jet ski 500m to the south; it looks a funny shape, over.
5 minutes later.
Mudeford Lifeboat: Portland Coastguard we are on scene and can confirm it is a whale, over.
Portland Coastguard HQ: Is it definitely a whale? Is it not a personal watercraft, over.
Mudeford Lifeboat: Affirmative, its both.
Portland Coastguard HQ: It’s been a long day and I’m confused now. Is it a whale or is it a personal watercraft? Over.
Mudeford Lifeboat: We confirm it is a personal watercraft – an inflatable Killer Whale, over.
Portland Coastguard HQ: Please could you pick up the offending inflatable Killer Whale and dispose of it, over.
Mudeford Lifeboat - Laughing: Roger that, we will ‘Free Willy’ on return to station; out.
And the moral of the story? Well there isn’t one other than please be careful when using inflatables when there is an off shore breeze- The Swanage Team have already help rescue one inflatable this week.
Postscript: The very next day! - No seriously!
Portland Coastguard HQ: Mudeford Lifeboat, there is another inflatable killer whale floating off Hengistbury Head, would you please recover, over.
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