RNLI at porthcawl

[astra]

we went to porthcawl for the weekend and on the beach at one point there must of been 8 to 10 rnli sibs blasting out through the waves and back in again nearly all weekend looked like a lot of fun, dont no what they were doing? i was just gutted i didnt take mine.oh and i didnt take my camera so no pics

[thornbackflound]

Originally Posted by astra

we went to porthcawl for the weekend and on the beach at one point there must of been 8 to 10 rnli sibs blasting out through the waves and back in again nearly all weekend looked like a lot of fun, dont no what they were doing? i was just gutted i didnt take mine.oh and i didnt take my camera so no pics

Have a look at SIBS IN BIG SURF thread may be a bit like you saw at the wk end

[m chappelow]

Were they normal Rnli or the Rnli beach lifeguards perhaps on a training /refresher course ,,as the lifeguards have to show proficency every few months or so ,i know in the north region they use the old closed down lifeboat station at teesmouth and our club slipway and yard every now and again for a couple of days and they bring along a good number of craft to train and keep the lifeguards up to scratch and to see if they are still competant enough in the p.w.c and the small Arancia ribs.,,,of which unlike the normal RNLI inshore lifeboats the engines are NOT immersion profed in event of a capsize .