While working at sea, I was occasionally on a ship when it was approached by the local coastguard asking if they could practice manoeuvres. On one memorable occasion, a member of the helicopter crew landed on our vessel, where he had a brief chat with us before being winched back into the chopper. Being a bit of a wag, and aware of a captive audience, he did a few tricks on the way back up. When he turned himself upside down and waggled his legs in the air we gave him a joyous round of applause.
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A cool experience. Hubby was a coxswain of the local Lifeboat in Canada. They did some interested practices with the coastguard but nothing with a helicopter.
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I take my hat off to your hubby. Lifeboat crews are a heroic and admirable group of people. Along with the coastguard, they do some highly challenging work.
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I agree, they work so hard for no pay!!
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So neat! What sort of work did you used to do? Were you in the Coastguard?
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He was a brave chap. Rather him than me hanging upside down from a helicopter. I worked in the oil industry, on geophysical survey vessels.
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Oh wow. You are a very interesting person! 🙂
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My goodness, what a stunt!😬 Well done. Yes, tell us what you did in your former life.😊
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It was impressive. I think they usually just get lowered down onto the boat, wander about a bit then go back up again. I used to work in the oil industry, doing geophysical surveys.
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We have been enjoying the TV series about the Lifeboat’s work a couple of months ago.
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I saw that advertised but I haven’t seen it. Lifeboat crews do an incredible job. I’m sure it’s rewarding work, but the risks are very real.
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