My pager says "0352 - System Test". That's a bit keen - even for Dave. Not really a surprise, then, when it's followed by "0354 - Launch Request Coastguard" and "0356 - Launch ALB".
The ALB is launched a few minutes later to a position very close to the Peveril Ledge Buoy, just a few hundred metres from the end of our slipway. The 38' sloop 'Eleanor B' has suffered what sounds like 'lot's of things falling off and generally not working' syndrome and has 999'd Portland Coastguard for assistance.
As I write the ALB has secured the 'Eleanor B' up at Poole Quay and is returning to station. But what does everyone who is waiting to help rehouse do in the waiting hours? Learn to fly a helicopter, obviously...
1 comment:
who's the hunk at the computer ?
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