Being less than 2 months old and already responding to her first incident, our brand new lifeboat was certainly put through her paces today! While carrying out engine trials in the local area, the new Portsea Rescue 1 was tasked by Solent Coastguard to respond to a 999 call to the reports that there were […]
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Ken White receives the 125th Anniversary Certificate of Merit from HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Commonwealth President of the Royal Life Saving Society. Ken White from Hayling Island has been honoured by HRH Prince Michael of Kent for his contribution to the valuable work of the Royal Life Saving Society, which is celebrating its 125th […]
Every year on Christmas day, the Portsmouth and Southsea Voluntary Lifeguards hold a Christmas Day Dip where members bravely jump into the freezing sea in order to raise funds for the club. Now, we are opening it up to everyone willing to give it a go! The annual Christmas Day Dip is a great opportunity […]
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Portsmouth and Southsea Voluntary Lifeguards want you to help save lives in the solent! We are looking for people of all ages to help keep the oldest beach lifeguard club in the UK open and to keep helping people in your local community. PSVL do not only need new enthusiastic boat crew and beach lifeguards, […]
Today one of our own lifeguard members, Jack Allman, successfully carried out a charity cross Solent paddle on a lifeguard rescue board from Ryde on the Isle of Wight to our lifeguard station on Southsea Seafront. The 4.5 mile journey across 2 main shipping lanes took place in excellent weather conditions, although the sea was […]
Portsea Rescue 1 was tasked by solent Coastguard, at 15:55, to reports of a boy clinging to the bottom of the pier structure at the outfall at Eastney. Portsea Rescue 1 responded immediately, backed up by Portsea’s rescue watercraft. (Jet Ski) The boy was located in a precarious position, clinging to the bottom of Eastney […]
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One of our own members, Jack Allman, a 17 year old from Southsea, will be undertaking the challenge of paddle boarding across the Solent in aid of charity. He will be completing this on the 25th of September, to support two charities, Cancer Research UK and Portsmouth and Southsea Voluntary Lifeguards. In August 2015, Jack […]
Our new 6.8 meter lifeboat will be ready for next summer. The nice people over at Ribcraft have began the build process which can be seen below. The fuel tanks and hull of the boat are now completed. The panels for the coxswain, where the wheel and throttles will be going are completed also, along […]
