Ian Smith

Triathlete, 70.3 & Ironman, GB Age Grouper and ex commercial diver, now RNLI Station Manager at Gravesend Lifeboat Station. Views are my own.

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@Lee_Vertisce @alphafox No it’s a hot water suit not a drysuit. Hot water is pumped down from the surface via the umbilical and circulates around the diver under the outer suit before venting out at the neck, cuffs and legs

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@CopMoustache @HendoRelish Nom nom nom 😊

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@WatermanNikki91 Sorry nothing turned up Nikki. Silly question, are you keeping well hydrated, even slight dehydration can impair mental function.

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@adamrobson05 @RescueShrek1 @TowerRNLI Absolutely always welcome Chris 👍🏼

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@adamrobson05 @RescueShrek1 @TowerRNLI All the very best Chris, it’s been a pleasure working with you. All the very best for the future and stay in touch mate

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

Not entirely factually correct but you get the idea. Was lovely to watch the dolphins swimming around the boat on the way back to station after a tasking……..

[BBC South East @bbcsoutheast]

Dolphins have been spotted in the River Thames near Northfleet, Kent.

Tap below to read more:
https://t.co/GzcpzPFzOW

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@WatermanNikki91 I am with you too Nikki. You have turned your life around and are in a better place and a better person for it.

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

And that’s the first steel in on project Detling……..

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@RNLI @dryrobe Superb partnership, Gideon is the absolute nicest guy ever, and what a brilliant product!

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

Yet more ineptitude from @British_Airways . Luggage still not delivered despite being with the courier for delivery to the hotel today. Call handlers don’t care, and the customer service is non existent. The nation’s favourite airline?? National embarrassment more like.

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

Absolutely fiasco from @British_Airways who decided to leave half the cases at Heathrow on the 0740 flight to Bologna and their website for tracking lost luggage is unable to update or save information. Absolutely disgusted with the nation’s favourite airline 🤬

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

A privilege to host the RNLI President, HRH The Duke of Kent yesterday at the Historic Lifeboat Collection. The boats all looked stunning, testament to the hard work of the volunteer team there and a fanastic collaborative relationship with @DockyardChatham

[RNLI @RNLI]

Our President, HRH The Duke of Kent, visited our Historic Lifeboat Collection @DockyardChatham

The Duke was shown 3 of our most iconic lifeboats, which between them have saved more than 300 lives at sea, & a feature showcasing 21 years of our Lifeguard Service.

@RoyalFamily

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@alkassim78 did you know you are immortalised in the new interpretation panels at the RNLI museum at Chatham? So is @sewheatley but don’t tell him 🤣

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@JulieRaineyRNLI Cheers Julie, and still the strip out continues, looking forward to start putting things back 🤣
The veg plot is looking really good, just deciding what herbs we will have in garden ourselves!

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

The ongoing strip out continues in the new house. Plans need a little tweak then into planning, then the removal of most of the roof and dormer begins…..

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@BrianODriscoll On behalf of everyone from this complete nugget’s home town can I apologise. He is an absolute embarrassment and not even remotely funny 😔

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

Another step in the right direction. Just need the solicitor to get a bit of a wiggle on now, and then the fun really starts - mahoosive renovation project on the new pad 😳

[Ian Smith @iansmith85]

@NWPoliceDivers I used to run the same panel (and dive it). Only difference we used a compressor as primary supply and J bottles for redundancy.
Simple but reliable

[Fraser Gray @FraserG32883664]

“To put the needs of others first” the RNLI patrolling the River Thames amid today’s atrocious weather conditions. @GravesendRNLI @LondonPortAuth #RNLI #StormEunice #RiverThames

[Dockyard Chatham @DockyardChatham]

22 things to do in 2022: Did you know we are home to the UK's largest collection of @RNLI historic lifeboats? You can step aboard these iconic vessels, uncover their rich history and learn how lifeboats evolved over the last century with interactive displays and archive film.