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National Coastwatch Institution - Torbay Station

“WATCH”

EDITORS Notes

Once again a big thank you to the watch keepers who contributed to July’s

newsletter ”Watch”. In particular I would like to thank Brian Binmore for his

humorous article on police MEDEVAC operations.

As I mentioned in the last issue - the newsletter cannot exist without your

participation – so please, forward any articles you think might be of interest to our

watch keepers including such articles as: operational, cartoons, photos,

recommended holidays, historical or even hysterical articles.

Ray Hifle

Editor

October 2016

www.torbaynci.org.uk

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National Coastwatch History

The sinking of the Karen Marie 11 with lost of life

The fishing vessel KAREN MARIE II was reported overdue on 4 March 1994 causing

Falmouth Coastguard to coordinate an extensive search. Oil was found on the sea and a Royal

Navy diver located and identified the wreck. A team of Royal Navy divers, this time acting for

the Branch, subsequently discovered that (a) the hull was intact; (b) she was free from

obstructions; and (c) she had not capsized. In the absence of witnesses or survivors - her two

crew members were not found - it was concluded that KAREN MARIE II was swamped by

heavy seas causing her to founder.

As a direct result of the tragic loss of the fishing boat "Karen Marie ll" and her two local crew,

Tony Culver and Peter Williams NCI Bass Point was opened. It was the first NCI station in

the country to be opened. It is on the site of the "redundant", shut down, Bass Point Coastguard

Station. It was opened after extensive refurbishment by volunteers on 18 December 1994.

Bass Point like all other NCI stations is manned by volunteers from all walks of life who are

trained in-house to the standard of a Declared Facility Station. They constantly watch out for,

and log, the movements of all seafaring vessels passing through the dangerous waters off the

Lizard and a keep a careful eye on the equally busy traffic of walkers on the adjacent cliff path

which is part of the South West Coast Route.

Note: The "Rose of Cadgwith" gig is dedicated in memory of two local Cadgwith fishermen

Tony. The "Rose of Cadgwith" was built in 1994 and is currently the main racing gig of

Cadgwith. Cadgwith commemorate the lives of Peter and Tony by holding races between the

Cadgwith crews and is called the Peter and Tony races.

STATION NEWS

Welcome to our New Members under training

Christopher Bradley, Derek Hughes, Michael Lovell, Alan Mann, Keith Hollings, Graham Whitaker, Grant Grafton and Don Hands

Congratulations to our Newly Qualified Watchkeepers

Michael Davies

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“Rose of Gadgwith”

Recommended Holidays in UK

By Editor:

I spent several holidays in my favourite place on the Lizard Cornwall – in a super fishing

village called Coverack

Our apartment

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Last time I had a wonderful afternoon sitting on the harbour wall, once again having a few

glasses of wine and yet again trying to paint another masterpiece. On the previous page is my

attempt with the view looking back up the hill to our apartment. My friend Peter was trying to

catch some fish at the same time. We had a bet that I would sell a painting before he would

catch a fish. Would you believe it two ladies came along and looked over my shoulder, liked

what the saw, and offered to buy it. They said how much – I was flabbergasted and spluttered

15£. They then said they had to go back to their apartment and get the money. My friend Peter

said “that’s the last you will see of them”. Guess what they came back and I won the bet.

Above is a view of the harbour wall where I sat to do my painting You can see the old lifeboat

station which is now an excellent fish restaurant. We have always stayed at the same

apartment, however on one occasion our apartment was not available and we had to stay at a

super B & B next door run by an amazing lady called Brigit Young. When you arrive you are

shown to your room and invited down to the sun lounge NOT for a cream tea but for a Gin &

Tonic – how good is that!! After consuming about a bottle Brigit and I got to know each other

quiet well !!!

Web Sites for apartment and B & B are as follows:

Boak Villa B & B

Bridgit Young

Tel 01326 280329

40 pp per night Web site www.coverack.org.uk

Apartment (Next Door)

Boak Edge no 1

Web site www.lindfordhouse.com

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Minack Theatre

A must in that area is to go to see a performance at the Minack Theatre (near Penzance). The

Minack is a unique place with a fascinating history and a living working theatre attracting over

230,000 visitors every year. When we went it was a super sunny day. The backdrop to the

performance were gannet seabirds diving into the sea and basking sharks slowly wending their

way along the coast. Below is a painting I quickly did while watching the performance.

This is what it really looks like. Editor

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Cartoon of the month

As I mentioned in the last edition of “Watch” my days of flying over the North Atlantic

in Shackletons with the RAF was very frightening at times. They were also very

frightening at times flying with the Far Eat Airforce over the South China Seas Editor

Torbay NCI Operational Matters

Torbay RNLI Lifeboat Operations

As a follow on to the SAR article in the last “Watch” --- below is information on Torbay SAR

RNLI capabilities

Torbay has been served by Lifeboats since 1866 and Brixham has provided the base for a

lifeboat since then. The Station was granted the Freedom of the Borough of Torbay in 988. For a

period just under 50 years Torquay had a lifeboat station, Dartmouth also had lifeboats for just

under 20 years from 1878. A new Dart Lifeboat Station was established in November 2007.

Torbay is also among the busier lifeboat stations in the Country and can anticipate around 100

launches in any one year. Brixham is a busy fishing port, there are five large marinas within the

Torbay operational area together with leisure and yacht clubs, water skiing, para gliding, diving,

cliffs (climbing, walks and falls!) - in fact any water activity you can think of probably occurs in

the area.

Torbay NCI has an excellent relationship with Torbay RNLI and we have regular meetings with

the Coxswain Mark Criddle. Mark arranges regular conning exercises for our watchkeepers. He

also arranges regular visits to the lifeboat station. Try and get on the next visit – it is very worth

while.

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The station has two Lifeboats:

1. The Severn Class 17-28

2. The D-651 Inflatable

Severn Class – All Weather Lifeboat (ALB)

The Severn Class boat was named on the 18th August 2002. She came to

Torbay and took up service on 31st October 2001. During her

commissioning period the boat spent time at the Southampton Boat Show

and visited the River Thames.

Name

RNLB

Alec

and

Christin

a Dykes

Class Severn

Side

Number

RNLI

17-28

(length

and

Build

Number

)

Operational

Number ON

1255

Construction Single skin Fibre Reinforced Composite (FRC) below chine. Foam covered sandwich above Chine

Length

17.3

metres

(56 ft

9ins)

Range 250 miles

Beam

5.9

metres

(19 ft 4

ins)

Crew 6 + 1 (Doctor Monitoring Position)

Draft

1.78

metres

(5 ft 10

ins)

Construction FRC (Fibre Reinforced composite)

Displacemen

t 42

tonnes

Design

Speed 25 knots Engines 2 x CAT 1200 hp at 2300 rpm

Endurance 12 hours

(at

Design

Range 250 nautical miles

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Speed)

Propulsion

Twin 5

Blade

Contra

rotating

props

Gear Box 'V' Drive Configuration

Fuel

5600

litres (2

x 2800

litres)

1232

gals

Consumption - on service Design Speed - 450 litres per hour

Casualties Fully

secured

- 12 Consumption - on passage 20 knots - 350 litres per hour

Inflatable 'Y' Class 'Y' Class Outboard 15 hp

The most recent refit occurred between August and November 2010 at 'South Boats', Cowes, Isle of Wight This

included the fitment of the Y class inflatable

The Severn Class is the largest in the RNLI fleet; it carries a Y class inflatable with a 15 HP outboard that can be launched with an on-board hydraulic hoist. The Severn Class shares a similar hull shape with the smaller Trent class. The last of 44 Severn Class boats was built in 2005. The new Tamar class - a slipway or afloat lifeboat - was introduced in April 2006 and is currently being deployed around the coast. Likewise the Shannon is now gradually taking up station (2013 onwards) typically at beach launch stations. The Shannon is 'water jet' powered.

Inshore 'D Class' Lifeboat (ILB)

The Station D Class D-788 to be named the 'Leslie & Mary Daws' and was

commissioned at the station on Wednesday 25 November 2015 replacing

our previous inshore lifeboat boat D-651 'John William Hirst' and before

her D-504 'Spirit of the RPC'

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(IB1) D Class Technical Details

Length 5 metres (16 ft 5 ins) Endurance 3 hrs at 25 knots

Beam/Width 2 metres (6 ft 7 ins) Engine 50 hp Immersion

Proofed

Speed 25 knots Launch Trolley and Winch

Displacement 338 kg (745 lb) TBA Structure Fibre reinforced

plastic

Crew 2/3 Boat Fabric Nylon coated

hypalon fabric

Weight 400 kg (880 lbs) Survivor Capacity 5

The D Class Inshore Lifeboat has been a workhorse of the service for 40 years around the coastline of the UK since 'Blue Peter 1'. The updated IB1 is highly manoeuvrable, making it ideal for rescues close to shore in fair to moderate conditions and performs a significant role in Tor Bay. It has a single 50 hp outboard immersion-proofed engine and can be righted manually by the crew following capsize.

Radio

Plotting Chart

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SAR Platform Search Patterns

SAR platforms will adopt certain search patterns depending on the circumstances

and the accuracy of the last known position of the casualty.

The Parallel Pattern

The parallel pattern is most desirable when the target is assumed equally likely to occupy

any part of the search area. This pattern would be used in searching for an EPIRB or a

casualty that had been missing for some time.

The Creeping Line Ahead Pattern

The creeping line pattern is typically employed when the target is more likely to be in a

particular end of the search area and the direction of flow (wind &tide) is known.

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The Expanding Square Search Pattern

If an accurate position is known, or established within close limits, the square search

pattern is preferred. The square pattern is used when uniform coverage of the search

area is desired. The ILB would probably use this search pattern

Visit by the Editor and Martin Crapper to Torbay RNLI station

31st August.

Martin and the editor had an excellent visit to the Torbay RNLI station. Our meeting was with

Mark Criddle ( Coxswain) and the following was arranged :

1. Tuesday 1st November 10:00 am: A visit by watch keepers to the lifeboat station.

2. Wednesday 2nd

November 09:00: Conning exercise with the lifeboat to be held in the

tower.

First come first served for both these events. If you wish to attend on either or both

please contact Ray Hifle

3. Monday 7th

November 07:00 for 07:30 : General meeting – Talk by Mark Criddle

(Coxswain Torbay RNLI).

4. Mark has also agreed to hold Ad Hoc conning exercises with the tower during the

autumn period. So be prepared at any time to get a call from the lifeboat inviting you to

take part in a conning exercise.

We have also invited Mark and his wife to the NCI Christmas party.

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Mark and Martin getting acquainted

Torbay Tides:

An article by Andy Milner our Utilities Officer

I have been asked to write an article for the Newsletter on the tides in Torbay.

Having spent nearly twenty years skippering dive boats and my own boat

predominantly in the confines of Torbay; I have managed to accumulate an

extensive experience of how the tidal movements in the area behave. Please bear

in mind, there are normally Tidal Diamonds displaying very exacting details of

tidal drift direction and speed of most offshore locations.

There has never been an exact tidal definitive for the inshore waters of Torbay.

This is due to the fact that Torbay is a natural safe anchorage, surrounded on

three sides by high cliffs protecting it from most wind directions apart from

Easterlies. It has some very strange tidal movements and also lack of tidal

movements.

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Please note coloured areas defined on chart below:

Let's start with Area number 1. The area from Brixham Breakwater to Berry

Head. This is one of the few areas of Torbay that actually has a significant

amount of tidal movement and is to be respected accordingly, especially during

big springs where the tidal low can be quite significant. It is not restricted to the

direction of the arrow it can also flow in the opposite direction towards the

breakwater but not with any definitive certainty.

Area number 2. Is quite interesting in so much as it is one of the few areas on

the South Coast that has absolutely no tidal flow at any state of tide, big springs

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or otherwise. This is why it is a safe water-ski area and the area charted as “The

Ridge” off Broadsands is regularly used as an extremely safe Dive, when all

other areas are out of bounds due to wind and tide restrictions. Not the most

interesting dive in the bay, the underwater equivalent of the Sahara desert but the

chance of a nice flatfish or a few scallops makes it worth a go.

Area number 3. The semi circular route, the tide tends to follow at pretty much

all states of the tide, ebbing or flowing. Due to the shape of the bay and the

currents flowing past up and down the channel, the tide tends to flow in this

direction pretty much all of the time. This area covers the backwash from

Brixham Breakwater, around the bay to Torquay Harbour and then past Thatcher

Rock and the Orestone. In well over 1000 dives in the Thatcher Rock and areas,

it is extremely rare for it flow the other way probably less than 1% and then not

with any force. So it's safe to say that from Torquay Harbour to beyond the Ore

Stone, the water flow is predominantly Eastwards.

Ships observed at anchor in the confines of the bay, they will normally lie in the

direction of the prevailing wind as the tide on it's own isn't normally strong

enough to have a effect on the lie of the ship. There is a greater need to observe

the beaches if there is a strong wind in any Westerly direction, as this will blow

inflatable toys or boats out to sea very quickly. Another interesting point to note

is that “Slack Water” occurs during a period when even in strong areas of tidal

movement, the movement of the tide is at it's absolute slowest.

This affects the area's off Torbay, Dartmouth, Salcombe and even round to

Plymouth. It is not as people may expect, at the turn of the tide ie high and low

water, but 2 Hours before HW and 4 hours after. This window can be as small as

30 minutes and is the only time that Diving can be carried out safely, unless you

want an extremely exhilarating drift dive. Whilst this isn't a definitive guide to

the tidal patterns of the waters inside the confines of Torbay I hope it gives you

an insight to the idiosyncrasies of the tidal movements around Torbay.

Andy Milner

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Watchkeeper Good Show awards

Since the last news letter watchkeepers have been involved in 3 significant

incidents:

The first incident involved Barry Sandover and Davis Price. Two paddle

boarders were struggling against a strong wind and a choppy sea. They

eventually made a safe landing at Meadford beach . Solent CG got involved

following a 999 call from a member of the public and liased with the tower

watchkeepers.

The second logged by Jim Helley, involved a broken down vessel named

“Salcombe Flyer”. Jim passed the position of the casualty to Solent CG. Jim

then Conned the Torbay ILB to the casualty and observed the ILB take the

casualty in tow back to Brixham harbour.

The third was logged by Peter Cuppy and Denis King. They received a phone

call to the tower by a vessel called the “Wave Surfer” with engine failure off

Oddicombe near the 5 knot buoy. Our team passed the details to Solent CG,

who put out a channel 16 call for assistance. The vessel “Ben More” responded

and succeeded in towing the casualty into Torquay harbour.

Well done to all the watchkeepers involved in these incidents especially to Jim

Helley who carried on an excellent Con. At a recent meeting -- Mark Criddle

the Torbay Lifeboat Coxswain was very complimentary about the station’s

professionalism especially Jim’s Con. Conning plays is a very important part in

NCI operations. To this end we have arranged a Conning exercise with the

Torbay lifeboat. The date is Tuesday the 2nd

November at 09:00 in the tower. It

is well worth while and will give you more confidence in carrying out these very

important procedures. (First come first served)

Editor

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Rescue Choppers On Summertime Beach Patrol

You think we have got problems on our beaches – read on below Editor

Surf rescue helicopters are patrolling Victorian beaches daily to keep a look out

for sharks, rips and people in distress in the water this summer.

Minister for Emergency Services Jane Garrett said the helicopter rescue service,

run by Life Saving Victoria, had already completed 50 patrols along Victoria’s

coastline this summer.

A group of highly trained crews operate the two Westpac Lifesaver Rescue

Helicopters which scan the water for people in distress, boating accidents, rip

currents and marine life such as sharks.

The choppers patrol the state’s coastline from Waratah Bay in South Gippsland to

Apollo Bay in south-western Victoria.

Pilots can alert lifeguards on the ground and sound sirens from the air if they spot

sharks swimming dangerously close to public beaches.

They can also support search and rescue operations for missing swimmers and

boats, winch people to safety, and respond to distress signals sent by fishermen

and other people who find themselves in trouble on the water.

The rescue helicopters have responded to 250 emergencies since the summer of

2009-10, including five incidents in the first week of 2016 alone.

Patrols are running daily during the peak summer period – from Christmas Eve

until Australia Day – when thousands of holidaymakers head to Victoria’s

beaches and coastal towns.

Life Saving Victoria operates the service on weekends and public holidays from

mid-November until Easter.

Australian bank Westpac continues to support the important service by funding

the lifesaving rescue helicopters.

“Surf life savers do an incredible job on the ground and in the air to keep people

safe. Make sure you swim on patrolled beaches and never swim alone. “

“Rips are dangerous and unpredictable. Have a plan, check for warning signs

and know what you’re going to do if you or your kids get caught in a rip.”

“Thousands of people visit Victoria’s beautiful beaches each summer and we

want everyone to stay safe around the water.”

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As we have seen in his country recently “Rip Tides" can be very dangerous -

Thanks to Annie Milner for this article. Her cousin Stuart lives in Australia and

he follows the exploits of Torbay NCI via Facebook. This interesting article

mirrors our SAR services in UK.

Download the Media Release (333 kB)

Social Matters

What friends & fundraisers have being doing ?

Recent included takings from the Boat Jumble Sale in May (£338) and was

augmented by further sales from unsold items in June & July (£50) from a local

Chandlery & £40 from sale of a tent on ebay. Grateful thanks to our kind

benefactor. But, also to all who helped, especially Ron & Sandy Reeve who

raised the last £90 by taking the unsold items and refusing to take “NO” for an

answer until everything was sold.

Adrain and Anne-Marie hosted a

group of ladies from the Paignton

Parish Church Group. They were

shown around the tower by Les

Maidstone and Denis King who

showed great hospitality repeating

their talk three times The ladies gave

money to the NCI and to the Friends

and would you believe they bought

one of the editor’s watercolour

paintings of the tower.

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PM Shift for the Pedal car race included Martin, Graham, Merlin

Adrain and some very attractive

ladies.

Jim Helley covering the morning

shift at Paignton Fun day

Adrain entertaining Minnie

Mouse at Paignton Fun day, whilst

Anne Rickwood and Elaine

Cunningham do all the hard work

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Friends took £84 from Paignton Fun day, £164 from Babbacombe Lions day

and £103 from Torre Abbey Pedal Car event – an excellent effort.

The key success to these events was the Straw Cash tombola introduced by

Martin Crapper. It proved very popular at every event and didn’t involve a

costly outlay before – Oh !!! except Martin’s time. How long does it take to pit

600 raffle tickets in a straw hat ? Answers on a postcard !!

Goodby & a big thank you Jean Holloway!

Our friends founder member & dedicated

fundraiser who has decided to retire. Jean was

an inspiration to work with, a natural born

market trader who raised a great deal of money

for Torbay. She will be sadly missed & we

thank her most sincerely for her ideas, hard

work, enthusiasm and joie-de-vivre.

Editor’s comment

I remember once Jean shared the stage with

me at one of my talks. She stole the show -- no

wonder just look at that lovely smile.

Goodby & thank you Jean Endacott !

Jean has also decided to retire from

Coastwatch -- but who knows, maybe

she might help out occasionally as she

has done in the past. She is seen here

with Friends Trustee Sandy Reeve

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There has been ongoing revenue from merchandise sold in the tower of £79 at the

end of July, in addition to the cash donated directly to the NCI account. The

Friends bank balance is currently £1,700 and I would like to take this opportunity

to thank everyone who has helped in every shape of form. We are always

looking for new helpers and ideas. We have a steady turnover of volunteers for

various reasons and we are never over-subscribed ! We are not just looking for

guys and gals to stand behind stalls. We need home-based administration, home

based “Straw tombola set uppers”, Set-Up and Take Down crews etc. etc. It is

hoped next year we can focus more on events at the tower, to promote the VC.

So far this year has been a successful one in fund raising. It was a great team

effort by both the fundraising team and the friends. However without Anne-

Marie’s dedication and enthusiasm the whole fund raising effort of both the

friends and the NCI would have been very difficult and much less fun.

Editor

A seafaring tale -- by Peter Foston (watchkeeper)

The Last Shout

In the summer of 2011 I was returning from Brittany to the Dart in my Nicholson 31 sailing

yacht with a friend. We had got as far as L'Abervrach and the forecast for the following day

was flat calm. However the day after it was due to blow a real "Hoolie" so I told my crew that

we would get away as soon as it was daylight and make for Falmouth. This was the nearest bit

of England and I knew that if the weather became horrid I could get home in short coastal

hops.

All went well as we motored over until by 1900 we were about 9 miles South East of the

Lizard when my engine oil alarm went off. On inspection I found everything covered in oil

due to a fractured oil pipe. As this was not repairable I called Falmouth Coastguard and asked

if they could find someone to give me a tow in. After about 15 minutes they came back to say

that they had asked for the Lizard lifeboat to be launched and that she would be with me in 20

minutes. I was in no immediate danger as it would have taken the tide a couple of hours to put

me onto the Manacles rocks.

Anne-Marie Russ

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After about half an hour I was beginning to wonder when the "Cavalry" would appear but I

then got a call on CH16 to say they would be with me in 20 minutes. On arrival I asked them to

put someone on board to secure the tow as they were the experts. Once we were under way

again I asked him about the slight delay.

He said that they had taken delivery of their new Tamar Class boat and the two crews were

having a discussion as to who would come an get me! I was delighted as we went down in

their log as the last shout for the old Tyne boat.

When I got home I made a watercolour of the event and took it down to the Lizard Station as a

thank you. In addition I sent an article together with a copy of the picture to Practical Boat

Owner magazine who paid me sixty pounds which I passed on the the Lizard.

I felt that after subscribing to the RNLI for over 60 years I had, in the end, got my money's

worth!

Peter Foston

More Medevac Tales - by Brian Binmore (Trainer)

Par Due.

Eleven hours into a 12 hour shift Control rang and said take up stand by at Berry

Pomeroy, a rare request as this was not one of our regular stand by points and

plus with only an hour to end of shift we were not amused. I was working with

Ken who was not long out of training collage and still keen, so of we went,

knowing as soon as we got there we would be sent back to base.

We just arrived and the radio went off thinking we were going Ken started to turn

around to go back. Control proceed red to the Mortenhamstead to Chagford Road

Left is a copy of Peter’s excellent

water colour paining depicting the

incident..

I now have some serious

competition in the Art World

Editor

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for a R.T.C. (road traffic collision).I can’t repeat what we both said as this is not censerd, Ken went off not sure whether to go across the Moor route or up the main road to Bovey Tracey and on to the collision it was still a narrow bendy

road, this was decided to be the fasted route to take so of we went. We also heard

control sending the Duty Officer who was on route from Kingskerswell, we had

to beat him to the collision as we did not want him to mess anything up.

We duly arrived ( beating the D.O.) Police and Fire on scean the car was well and

truly impacted into the hedge with the driver still inside, Fire officer said we have

left him in side as he looks as he has a head injury. On examination it was found

that the Fire officer was correct the patient had a significant head injury. Police

said that there helicopter was its way E.T.A. 4 minutes out. We completed all

observations and put him on oxygen set up saline infusions and extracted him

from the car to our trolly. The Helicopter landed in a field close by with easy

access, the D.O. helped with the loading of the patient onto the copter while

collected the equipment I might need on the way in, by the time I got on board

the patient had become combatant (aggressive fitting) he was trying to get out of

the straps that held him down he had managed to remove the infusion needle and

there was blood going every were, I put on the radio head set so that I was able to

talk to the crew and my final words to the D.O. was to ask him to direct Ken to

Wonford as he was not sure of the route.

The pilot asked if I was o/k and I gave him the thumbs up and we started to lift

off the patient still struggling to get free. I was holding him down when the pilot

asked the observer if he could see the electric cables and pylons they had spotted

on the way in, as it was getting dimsey (dark for you non Devonians) I decided to

ley across the patient and hold him down while I looked as well, not the correct

procedure but what the heck six eyes are better than four. Our flight to Wonford

was quick and without further incident and the patient was duly handed over to

the A&E staff, all I had to do then was wait for Ken to pick me up.

The Ambulance arrived driven by a police officer. My mind went into overdrive,

Ken jumped out of the back followed by a drunken male with a gash across his

fore head, my first words were did you do that, Ken said nearly, as he was

driving through Topsham he had been waved down to the person laying in the

road, poor old ken had to stop and attend to him, he was also drunk and abusive

and the Police had turned up and helped Ken to bring the chap in. It was a quite

ride home after a long and challenging day and the last words Ken said to me was

I am not working with you again. I was just glad that I did not have to clean all

the blood off the inside of the Helicopter.

Brian Binmore

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Profile of the month

Adrian Cunningham

Profile of the month

Picture of the month

This picture was taken would you believe by a drone

The handsome guy waving is the editor.

Instructions to get by in life:

Learn three clean jokes.

Drink champagne for no reason at all.

Don’t waste time learning tricks of the trade. Instead learn the

trade.

Admit to your mistakes. The editor does a lot of this.

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Forthcoming Events (October to January)

4th

October: Committee meeting -- Conservative Club

10th October: General meeting – Conservative Club talk to be confirmed.

24th October: Training meeting.

25th October: RYA Radio course

26th October: Conning course for newly qualified watchkeepers.

1st November: Committee meeting.

7th

November: General meeting – Speaker Mark Criddle Torbay RNLI

Coxswain

November: Friends meeting – tba

13th November: Remember Sunday Parade 10:15-12:00

28th November: Hair and Nails Christmas pamper evening with drinks &

nibbles. All welcome -- 30 tickets 10£ each, models required.

9th

December: Christmas party.

Editor

Next “Watch” Newsletter

The next “Watch” will be published in January 2017.

Any articles/inputs should be forwarded to Ray Hifle by December..

Editor

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