Run in conjunction with Bembridge Harbour Authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) beach supervisors training course was the first of its kind on the Island.
A whopping 50 inshore lifeboats are built at the Inshore Lifeboat Centre in East Cowes every year by the team of 70 highly skilled people. Make a trip to the new Visitor and Heritage Centre to find out more.
Thanks to the quick actions of an RNLI crew member, two young girls were saved from drowning when they went under the water on their way back from 'walking the fort'.
A man in his 60s fell from an RS Elite class yacht at Cowes Week. Crew from another boat retrieved him and emergency services worked to revive him. Update: Sadly he's passed away.
The Casualty Review Panel meets to discuss the previous year’s maritime fatalities and consider whether those who died might have survived had they been wearing a lifejacket. Here are their latest findings.