The Donkey Stops!
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Right, you lot, The nearest SAR assett is Coastguard Echo November at Manston, infact manston ATC could spit on it from the tower - no that they do that much! - 121.5 bleating will galvanise Dover Coastguard and they'll just launch Echo November sharpish and two highly trained normal down to earth determined blokes or possibly one lady from Atlantic at Coventry will come and save you with a complimentary 11 man air droppable life raft amongst other things and some ribald comments or jokes about how fetching you look in dayglo -orange! 'Echo November' is away for a well earned pamper - 're-build' at the mo, but I believe either a 404 or a 406 is covering in the interim month or so! - She is of course G-BCEN - a BN Islander - bit of a local legend to those that know her - perhaps to to those that now do!
The French have a Dauphin or Alouette over the other side. of the two, I would prefer 'EN' as they always turn up! When she comes back she will be all weather day and night, though fish and chips is Tuesday night - if you could just avoid that!