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Many thanks. That restricted area off Nieuwpoort is a mussel farm with hundreds of floats strung together on long parallel lines. You...

Have you tried Marine Fendering - Wilks Marine Fendering

That's not correct.

Well said.

To echo Sandy’s thoughts…. Perhaps you should try and arrange a visit to your local CG Operations Centre. If you think there is some...

Personally I don’t count answering calls in a call centre the same as doing an actual rescue

I do, ex-Mountain Rescue Team member here, everybody who helps, be that taking a call, making the tea, walks down the cliff guiding the...

Not true.

Any evidence for that last statement? Who tasked R199? Who gave the SITREP to the control room?

As I said, yes it is.

That statement is true in that HM Coastguard search and rescue is one national 999 service with all it's coordination centres joined up...

Woke? Politically correct? Really??? 🙄 I just see an ill-thought through, irresponsible request that could encourage well intentioned...

If R199 was on its way, the CRT would have known this, almost certainly with an ETA. They then have an added dimension to think about...

I'd love to understand why you think that? Perhaps a suggestion of how things should have been done.

I'm sure the MAIB investigation will make any necessary recommendations. I wasn't there, so I'm going to go against all forum traditions...