The water will be very tempting this weekend to cool off, but don’t be fooled, it’s still very cold once you’re in there. If you do find yourself in trouble fight any urge to swim and float on your back and shout for help.
Respect The Water
David is running the London Marathon
One of our crew, David Hopper, is running the London Marathon in April and raising much needed funds for the RNLI.
David has a Just Giving Page
http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-hopper6
Please think about making a contribution towards the work of the RNLI and help David reach his target.
Saving Lives at Sea
BBC2 is currently repeating their last series of Saving Lives at Sea at 7.00pm every evening. An unmissable watch! Make sure you tune in to watch the outstanding work of the RNLI volunteers.
Southend Lifeboat station didn’t feature in series 3 but it did in the previous series. The kite surfer in this clip is being recued by the Southend on Sea RNLI volunteer crew.
Stormy Weather
Hopefully we won’t get waves as big as this in the Thames Estuary but do be careful in this windy weather if you’re tempted to get too close to the water’s edge. Don’t forget 1 cubic metre of water weighs 1 tonne and you wouldn’t want to get hit by that!
We have our own weather station on the end of the Pier. To see live weather data and check out how windy it really is, just head to our Weather &Tides page.
Royal Marines Band Fund Raiser
Book your tickets for this wonderful event at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Some of the proceeds will be given to Southend RNLI