Sandbanks Archives - Jenkins Marine

Emergency Powerboat Rescue

We were asked to assist an emergency salvage operation this week, when a powerboat got into difficulty near Sandbanks. The Vintage powerboat Apache 555, built in 1969, was competing in the “Poole Bay 100” when a suspected debris strike caused a large hole in the boat’s hull and it started taking on water fast. Read More

Utility vessel Stour removing old National Trust Jetty at Sandbanks

Out With the Old…

In a change to our more normal winter schedule we started the new year with a jetty demolition project at Sandbanks for the National Trust. The Jetty had been used since 1996 (roughly 30 years) as a landing stage for passenger and small cargo vessels traveling to and from Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour... Read More