Dornier pulled from the channel

Readers may have seen that a rare World War 2 bomber was recently lifted from the English Channel and taken for restoration.

The Dornier 17 has been taken to RAF Cosford where its been sprayed with a solution to stop it decaying before it can go on display. I managed to get a good close up view of the work being done this weekend.

There are laws protecting items recovered from the sea and this is where the Receiver of Wreck steps in

Rowing Club Progress

I notice that Swanage Sea Rowing Club are making good progress with their new boat house in Eldon Road, opposite their temporary Polytunnel.
If you cant get down for a look yourself, then there are some pictures here:
http://swanage-sea-rowing-club-boathouse.blogspot.co.uk/#!/

Water Rescue Training

There is only one problem after training with the new water rescue kit......the drying of it.

The new dry suits are super and give us safer capability to enter the water if required.

Real Rescues

The Swanage Coastguard Team featured on Real Rescues today.

The incident was the young lady who fell off Agglestone Rock at Studland during the summer. The air ambulance attended and had a camera man on board filming the incident. The Coastguard attended to assist the ambulance due to the remote location.

You can see the video by using the BBC I player - Real Rescues Series 10 episode 10.

Emergency Phone Anvil Point

After many month of being broken, the emergency phone is back working at Anvil Point.

This phone is vital in this area as the mobile phone signal is very poor in fact you often pick a French signal up only.

All calls from this phone go direct to the Coastguard as BT were unable to provide a normal 999 service.

In a time of cutbacks we would like to thank those involved in maintaining this vital life saving phone.

Spike - we remember you.

The 7th October 2004 is a dark day in the history of the team.

One of our team Michael "Spike" Williamson collapsed and sadly passed away, a day team members will never forget.

This afternoon Steve and Ian attended the Godlingston Cemetery to pay our respects and remember a great team member.

Yacht washed up at Studland

The scene facing the initial response team last night when they were called to Knoll Beach Studland.

Regular readers will know this isn't the 1st time the Coastguard has attended this yacht.

Landslip drop in meeting

Things that go bump in the night

Just after 10pm last night Dorset Police requested assistance in searching for a local male missing from his home.

Normally the Coastguard would search an area called the coastal strip however to assist the Police we searched further in land , around the streets and paths of the town.

Thankfully the missing man was located safe and well, however the sight of several of our search teams in high viz clothing looking around garages and using torches triggered several calls to the Police.

So apologies to the residents we disturbed, we would like to reassure residents that all our clothing is clearly marked with Coastguard logo's and team members would be wearing safety helmets. We would also only be on public land and only search private areas with the permission of the owners.

Belgian Registered MotorYacht

RNLI assistance was provided to a 40-foot Belgian registered motorboat in Swanage Bay last night.

The vessel with three people onboard was in difficulty in the bay some 60m off Swanage Pier and due to the worsening weather Portland Coastguard requested that Poole lifeboat attend to help the boat continue its voyage to Poole.

The lifeboat was launched at approx 19.15 and was on scene approx 40 minutes later. 

Further details at Poole Lifeboat's website http://www.poole-lifeboats.org.uk/recent_launches.shtm#oct_anchor