A collection of eight lifeboats, both RNLI and independent, gathered in Cowes from all parts of the Solent area on Saturday for an annual get together.
It's the unusually low tides in August that enables people to 'do the fort walk'. This year tides are not that low. RNLI say safety first - You could be up to your chest in the water.
An event marking the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Cowes independent lifeboat service and the 10th anniversary of the replacement RNLI operation took place last weekend.