Please be aware of the risk of bring cut off by the tide along the coast this weekend. #eastbourne #visiteastbourne #rnli #RespectTheWater #SavingLivesAtSea #RNLIEastbourne #tide #seasafety #eastbournebeach

🛟 Bumps 'n grinds 🌊 Due to water interaction between vessels, once you find that sweet-spot, very little input is required to maintain position. As demonstrated by students from URNU London and crew of Eastbourne Lifeboats

On Wednesday (21/8) the Eastbourne Ladies Triple Bowls final took place. Their treasurer, Ros, presented us a cheque for £650 and our pop up shop raised £210. Thank you!

📟 Shout 116 📟 At 12pm today our ILB was tasked to a dismasted yacht off Eastbourne emitting a Pan Pan distress call. Due to the nature of the rescue 2 crew members went aboard the yacht & the ALB was tasked to tow her safely into Sovereign Harbour. #RNLI #SavingLivesAtSea

📟 Shout 117 📟 Our ILB was tasked at 9.27pm yesterday to assist partner agencies with a shoreline search for a missing person. Whilst the D class was underway, Solent Coastguard stood our crew down and the boat returned to station. #SavingLivesAtSea #RNLI 📸 Daniel, LPO

A big congratulations to Brandon for a successful Tier 1 D-Class pass-out last night! Brandon demonstrated how to safely carry out launch and recovery, anchoring, veering down, radio procedures, navigation and locate and assist a casualty. #RNLI #SavingLivesAtSea #VolunteerCrew

📟 Shout 121 📟 At 12.06pm yesterday both lifeboats were launched to reports of persons cut off by the tide. A lone walker was found & brought onto the ILB by a crew member but due to being cold & wet was transferred to the ALB to be taken ashore into the care of the coastguard.

📟 Shout 122 📟 At 9:32am Mon, Solent Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB to carry out a shoreline search for a missing person. As the ILB crew were making way to the search location, police & coastguards had located the person safe & well so the lifeboat was stood down.

📟 Shout 123 📟 At 8:38pm Mon our volunteers pagers sounded, requesting them to be on standby for an incident. Crew made their way to station and readied the ILB for launching & stood by for further information. Fortunately, the incident was resolved and no launch was required.

Some good advice and useful info courtesy of Brighton RNLI

📟 Shout 124 📟 At 7:54pm Tues our ALB launched after a member of the public reported seeing an unknown object in the water just west of the Pier. After a thorough search, an unlit buoy was located and this was confirmed to be the object in question. #SavingLivesAtSea #RNLI

📟Shout 125📟 Our ILB was paged at 6.45am Tues & requested to assist a casualty with a leg injury to the west of Eastbourne. As they were about to launch they were stood down as local coastguard rescue teams were able to get them to a place where assistance could be given. #RNLI

On Monday 16 September we were visited by Belinda and James Richardson who are driving a Porsche 911 around the UK in 911 hours, visiting all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations in that time. To read more & donate to their challenge click below 👇 rnli-911challenge.co.uk

📟Shout 128📟 Our ILB was paged at 6:19pm Weds to a kitesurfer who suffered equipment failure & was in difficulty in the sea off the harbour. Just as the crew was preparing for launch, info was received that the casualty managed to swim back to shore so our ILB was stood down.

📟 Shout 129📟 Our ILB was paged at 1:32pm when the lifeguards requested our assistance with a person in difficulty in the water near the Wish Tower. The ILB made best speed to the reported position and on arrival the lifeguards had successfully carried out the rescue. #RNLI

📟Shout 130📟 At 5:02pm yesterday, our volunteer crew were paged & requested to launch the D Class ILB ‘David H’. Once afloat, they were tasked to assist partner agencies with an incident. After being stood down they returned to station, washed down and refueled the Lifeboat.