Yacht Rescue. Newhaven. Coastguard. CH5.

[jamie N]

That was a crap AI reponse posted. Aircraft use GPS coupled 3 axis autopilots together with a rad alt (radio altimeter).

Radio Altimeter | SKYbrary Aviation Safety

Best tell BAE then.
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[boomerangben]

Best tell BAE then.
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Doppler radars were used in the S61 SAR aircraft and possibly Seaking. I note from your link that the BAe system is currently only fitted to Apache gunships. I do not want to rescued by one of those!! . The current S92 SAR aircraft don't use Doppler IIRC, I don’t know about the 189s or the incoming 139s

 

[jamie N]

I believe that Bristow were the 1st commercial user/adopter of the tech?

 

[Cerebus]

Perhaps an amateur (if professional organisations won’t do it) website showing the greatness these people achieve would be a start to gaining them recognition or even a pay rise?

I mean a POPULAR website, a social media or instagram or tick tok thing (that I know so little about).

Very few of the public view the coastguard website; relatively (to tik tok etc).

With their permission of course.

I would never have known about Chris Purkiss without a link to the coastguard website.

 

[oldgit]

Was amazed just how long that anchor and chain held considering the conditions and snatching strain it was subject to and that it did not simply rip out the windlass.
Obviously it was a ( enter your choice of anchor design here)

 

[Lucky Duck]

This week’s episode featured the fatality where a RIB hit one of the substantial channel marks at high speed speed at night in Poole harbour

 

[Stemar]

This week’s episode featured the fatality where a RIB hit one of the substantial channel marks at high speed speed at night in Poole harbour

And that is why there's a speed limit of 10 knots in the harbour. Unless the fatality was an innocent passenger, while speeding doesn't warrant the death penalty, and I have every sympathy for the casualty's family, I'd call that a definite Darwin Award.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Fatality was a passenger seemingly riding at the front of the boat.

If I understood correctly the alarm was only raised by the helm knocking on someone’s front door.

ETA - Boat skipper jailed over death of passenger David Haw in Poole Harbour

Last weekend I was overtaken in the North Channel around dusk by a fairly large motorboat at speed. It disappeared off towards the town quay so a bit of a mystery why it took that detour.