Sovereign Harbour Berth Holders' Association

02/01/2025

01/01/2025

Call out No 1 of 2025.

After a busy night with the team out from 2230 to 2am this morning (closing the year on 249 call outs), the team were tasked to a new incident this morning alongside our flank team Eastbourne Coastguard to Birling Gap and no, that isn’t snow but sea foam!

Coastal emergency dial 🚨

17/12/2024

Get your overalls on 😳😳😳😳😳Only Joking 👍

12/12/2024

Call out 166 + 167

Last night (Tuesday 10th) at 7 pm our volunteer crew were paged to launch the inshore lifeboat "David H" to assist the Police, Coastguard & the Coastguard helicopter with a search for a missing person to the west of Eastbourne.
At 8.30 pm the All-Weather lifeboat "Esme Anderson" was also tasked to join the search operation in moderate seas and with good conditions for a search they were quickly on scene to support the other assets in the area.
Both crews carried out thorough searches using high powered torches and other equipment alongside the Coastguard helicopters search light and image intensifying cameras.
By 11.50 pm both our boats had been stood down and recovered to their stations and the crews headed off home.

08/12/2024

One week to go until Carols with the Crew

02/12/2024

24/11/2024

The weather outside was frightful! The atmosphere inside was delightful!

Those who turned out during Storm Burt enjoyed their coffee and choice
of the goodies on offer. The RNLI pop up shop had a variety of novelties
on sale too.

The chairman presented the Lifeboat Operations Manager with two very
large bags of high energy snacks for the crew to use on, or after,
shouts as a gesture of thanks from the Berth Holders for the lifeboats'
support during the year.

21/11/2024

Four years ago, the true price of fish 💔

15/11/2024

Xmas Present Time

13/11/2024

Come on Down the Mince Pies are Good

29/10/2024

Just Turn Up

23/10/2024

We have been made aware of a substantial cliff fall at Birling Gap early on Tuesday evening.

Cliff erosion is a natural process and part of the evolution of the coastline and as well as the risk to those walking on top of the cliffs, it can also present dangers to those on the beach below. The cliffs contain many overhangs and cracks that visitors may not be able to see and the unstable chalk can fall at any time with absolutely no warning.

We encourage people to continue to visit the area safely. We will be stepping up our inspections in light of the cliff fall.

18/08/2024

The Boat jumble will now be held in the Main Carpark, 10am - 1pm tomorrow.