Sovereign Harbour Berth Holders' Association

23/02/2025

Thanks to members of the Eastbourne RNLI team and the RNLI Water Safety
team who guided a group of youngster through aspects of water safety,
including using a life raft, self rescue on a paddle board and float to
live.

13/02/2025

24/01/2025

If you’re looking to explore a career within the marine industry, we may have the role for you!

The position of Lock Keeper has become available at Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne. Working as part of a small, hardworking team, this multifaceted role will include, but is not limited to, lock and bridge operations, customer service, general maintenance and other tasks as required to keep our marina operational all year round.

To find out more and apply visit: https://www.premiermarinas.com/careers

14/01/2025

There was a full house for the engine course that we ran for members on Saturday. Tutors James Wishman and Guy Emery ran us through easy checks on the engines we had and the possible solutions to any problems we might experience either before we left the berth or even worse whilst out at sea.

Tips, tricks and advice were freely shared in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. It should help the attendees avoid a stressful situation and ultimately having to make that call to the coastguard.

If you missed it there will be another opportunity later in the year as we intend to run the course again as well as a more specific one that will involve using spanners and simple tools on actual engines!!

The details of these will be published once the dates and programmes are confirmed.

09/01/2025

Following the purchase of Tipsy Tart, Nigel Dumbell's boat, Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club
has invited any member of SHBHA that is interested in hearing more about the plans for
her to join their members for a meeting on Saturday 11th January at 10am at the club in the members bar.

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.