Call Out The Lifeboat!

I could pretend that I was on the Solent just as the lifeboat was called out. But that would be economical with the truth. I was lucky enough to be out in a speedboat off the Isle of Wight to watch the air sea rescue demonstration. What a thrill. 

Close up you really got an impression of the tremendous power and acceleration of the boat. And the clattering noise of the helicopter. Altogether a marvellous sight.