I vote for going back to the Wessex days - day VMC SAR only - hurrah
...Not sure about that; I seem to remember lots of night mountain and cliff training, interesting (pre-NVG) night mountain rescues and one night PLB homing to a wet winching 40 miles out off St Andrews bay (F4 Nav) plus a man in a rubber dingy 5 miles off Chivenor (spotted by the winchman who did have NVG's) and some assorted night deck rescues.
However it was the night mountain work that was always the most exciting! (training limits were 1/2 moon plus and less than 15kt. The ops tended to be in the pitch black, blowing a gale and snowing!)