A Fine Day for Fixing & Keeping the Rescue Boat Afloat
As you can see from the photo, this Sunday we had a beautiful morning for training. The low tide and fair conditions meant that the beach was just beautiful - or at least it was at 9 a.m. when the photo was taken! The same couldn't really be said for later in...
It All Adds Up Thanks to Fairlight Stores and the Fairlight Community
We had a lovely activity to do as part of Sunday's morning down at the base ... a visit up to see friends of the Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat, Graeme and Leonie Gambrell of Fairlight Stores. Graeme and Leonie always give pride of place at the front of the shop...
A New Year of Training and Beach Safety Begins
A very Happy New Year to all of our visitors and supporters! Hard to believe we're already a couple of training sessions into the new year, with both boats taking to the water! Yes, our in-house crew training for 2019 has already got off to a flying start. OK,...
Christmas Cheer with Hastings RNLI
Our very busy 2018 has come to an end, and has been rounded off in a fun and interesting way with a Christmas visit across to RNLI Hastings. This visit to the iconic lifeboat house of RNLI Hastings gave us the chance to get a close up look at their beautiful new...
Cliff End Casualty Retrieval Training
Last Sunday's training was an extension of our missing person search and rescue training, with a scenario of a 'reported casualty' around the Cliff End area of the beach. The team responded as this a 'real-time' exercise, and attended the location to administer...
Night Launch Training
Our first night launch training of the season took place on 21st November. Weather conditions were good, cold and dark (a necessary part of the training), but with a brilliant moon and starry sky helping conditions to feel eerily well-lit. The evening's...
Thanks to Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club
We had a great evening with the Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club during the week. We were kindly invited to the Rother Chapter's AGM at the Robin Hood in Icklesham, on 14th November 2018 to receive a donation from their fundraising efforts. The presentation of a...
Robin Hood Bonfire Event ~ fantastic fireworks and friendly first aid
After a busy morning's training, some of the volunteer base and boat crews from Pett Independent Rescue Boat attended the stunning fireworks event at the Robin Hood in Icklesham on 4th November 2018. We were invited to attend this popular event, run by the...
Smile! You can now support us (at no cost to you) through Amazon
Good news this week! As a charity, we're now fully signed up members of Amazon Smile, so any purchases made which include us as the nominated charity will mean Amazon make a donation to us. A full how-to page is coming soon in our Fundraising section, but in the...
Mayday Shout after training
On Sunday 22nd October 2018, just as our morning training session was coming to an end, Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat was tasked by Solent Coastguard to attend at a location in the Dover Strait. Instructions given were that a diver had failed to surface following...
Sainsbury’s Station Plaza putting *fun* into fundraising
Saturday 20th October 2018 was Regional Fundraising Day for Sainsbury’s, as part of their campaign to support local charities. And as Pett Level Independent Boat is the chosen charity for Sainsbury's at Station Plaza, Hastings, we were invited along to the store to...
Today’s training – maintenance mode
Despite a weather forecast which predicted winds and rain, we've had a beautiful day again down at the boat house this Sunday, with a superb low tide giving a fantastic coastal view Much as we'd love to have been out on the water, vital maintenance was...
The first training for October – two scenarios, plenty of practice!
It was a beautiful day down at the boat house yesterday, although the sea had a real swell with the incoming tide. With this backdrop, there was a real focus on putting recent and ongoing training into practice with boat-based scenarios. Although the weather was...
Coordinating Sunday’s training …
Although initially the sea was beautifully flat, weather conditions were a little on the grim side and the forecast offering high winds on the way, so today's training was all about the base rather than out on the water. Trainee crew volunteers were split into two...
Open Day Cash Up … the final number!
Our treasurer Stella's been having a busy time counting up the income and outlay from August's Open Day and we're very happy to announce a final total of £1666.01! This amount is amazing considering the absolutely awful weather conditions on the day, which meant that...
Today’s training … low tide, high risk manoeuvres!
This weekend saw some beautiful weather along the Pett coastline, although as the season's changing, so is the temperament - and temperature - of the water! Despite being a low tide on Sunday (16th September 2018) the high winds created a very swollen, rolling sea...
Windy day, busy day
This morning's session down at the base saw a windy day, high tide and plenty of activity! First up, crew trainee Rob brought his kite surfing equipment down to the session so that crews could learn about the equipment and practice rescuing a kite surfer. This is...
First Aid Update
Last weekend's training took the whole weekend, with 9 base and boat crew volunteers taking part in First Aid training. This is the first wave (see what we did there?) of refresher training for established crew teams and new training for the latest volunteers, for...
Open Day … Wet & Windy but Not a Wash Out!
Well, the bank holiday weekend just flew by - quite literally with gusts of up to 40 mph around the coast! And with it came our Open Day on Sunday 26th August 2018. It has to be said that our volunteers, guests and supporters were amazing, all coming along to make the...
Pett Base to Pett Rescue … over? All over Pett, in fact!
Another busy morning of training down at the base today! The boat house was given over to a wonderful crew of friendly and talented artists exhibiting work for sale in support of us - thanks so much to all of you for your support. With the boat house being extra busy,...