The volunteer crew of the Hastings Lifeboat launched to join the search for a surfer in difficulty off Rock-a-Nore during Storm Ciara on Sunday Feb 9th. The RNLI crew joined the helicopter Rescue 163 and local coastguard teams in the searching the area from Hastings...

Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 1527 yesterday to assist Secamb and Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance with a patient they were treating on the beach just east of Ecclesbourne Glen, Hastings. The ILB and her volunteer crew transported the casualty and the...

Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 1528 this afternoon to assist SECAmb HART and SECAmb extricate a patient with a broken leg from the beach at Mare Bay, Fairlight. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on scene and once the patient was secured in a...

Hastings ILB was diverted from exercise this morning after Solent Coastguard received reports of a small dingy in difficulty off of St Leonards.  The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on scene and located the inflatable with one occupant on board which was being...

Hastings ALB was requested to launch 1545 this afternoon to assist a broken down motor vessel in Rye Bay!  The vessel which was on passage from Brighton to Dover suffered engine failure and despite the crew becoming increasingly sea sick they managed to safely anchor...

Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 19:35 tonight after concerned members of the public called the Coastguard when they had seen a yacht apparently struggling to make way on a westerly track just past St Leonards. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on...

Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 06:38 this morning to reports of a person in the water. The ILB and her volunteer crew arrived on scene where the casualty was out of the water and in the care of Sussex Police on the promenade.  Hastings ILB was then stood down...

Hastings ILB was requested to launch at 1510 this afternoon to reports of a Kite Surfer possibly in difficulty near Galley Hill, Bexhill. The ILB and her volunteer crew were quickly on scene, however it was soon confirmed that the Bexhill Sailing Club Safety Boat had...