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A seagoing marathon? How we help other organisations

Harbour patrols aren’t our only means of contributing to Poole’s waterborne community! Today (14...

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MVS Poole help mark D-Day anniversary

MVS Poole were proud to have been invited to participate in BCP Council’s commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The event was marked by a flotilla of local professional...

Annual General Meeting 2024

15th April saw us hold our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Poole. We were pleased to see a great turnout of members to support us as the management team reported on progress made over the last year...

Visit to Harbour Control

Four members visited Harbour Control and viewed the extensive navigation and communication equipment. We were able to meet the Controller on duty and chat about management of the harbour and how the...

MVS Trevora ready for the new season

Our RIB Trevora is back on the water ready for the season ahead. Well done to all the team who worked on her making her look almost new. After relaunching Dave and Chris take her out to check all is...

On the water training

Regular practical training sessions are underway to help everyone to develop their skills and practise boat handling. Here we see Avocet towing Peaceweek, who has suffered a pretend engine failure...

Safety – Part of What We Do

Avocet crew recovered a substantial piece of wreckage, floating just below the surface, whilst on Patrol. The consequences of a fast boat or water-skier striking, what looks like an engine housing...

Winter preparations on Tom Sherrin

Tom Sherrin  has been all wrapped up for the winter – thank you to Chris, Alan and David. MVS Poole hopes to return Tom Sherrin to the water ready for the 2023 boating season...

Autumn training begins at MVS Poole

With summer and MVS Poole’s harbour patrol season drawing to a close, classroom training has begun for the winter. Recent weeks have seen Foundation level classes take place for new members. The...

New keel for Tom Sherrin

Work continues on the Tom Sherrin project, with a new keel recently fitted. The keel has now been shaped and the gunwales/strake has been fitted by Cserve’s Dale and MVS Poole’s David...