New Year's Day swim at Stokes Bay in Gosport

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00:38 Hello, good morning!

00:40 Chilly Paige, I'm the spokesperson

00:42 for today, so we're the Pink Zippers

00:44 and we come down every Sunday

00:46 but today we're staying in about 10 minutes I think

00:48 about 10 minutes to celebrate the new year coming in

00:50 and what a way to celebrate with our

00:52 babies after all!

00:54 Hi, can you introduce yourself?

00:56 Hi, yes, so I'm Pam, I've been volunteer

00:58 with Gafford now for quite a few years

01:00 so this is our annual

01:02 New Year's Day swim

01:04 as you can see we've still got people in the water

01:06 20 plus minutes in

01:08 so I've been in providing safety

01:10 cover along with our cadets section

01:12 as you can see they're on the board still

01:14 so Gafford is an

01:16 independent lifeboat station covering

01:18 Stoke's Bay, Portsmouth Harbour area

01:20 we rely solely on

01:22 donations so this

01:24 annual swim gives us a great chance

01:26 to raise our profile and get

01:28 much needed funds and

01:30 it's a good way to start the new year if you like

01:32 being cold. Tell me

01:34 why it's so popular?

01:36 It's grown in popularity, I think

01:38 we've had a lot of cold water swimming

01:40 and it just seems

01:42 that everyone likes to start the new year in the sea

01:44 Tell me

01:46 obviously the safety

01:48 measures around today, it's not

01:50 just for fun but we obviously need to have the safety

01:52 measures so tell me what you have to put in place

01:54 So there's a lot in place

01:56 so again, obviously we've got

01:58 a massive team here today so I play a part

02:00 of that, so I

02:02 hold our LSF UK qualifications

02:04 to sort of

02:06 provide safety cover here

02:08 and then obviously we've got our boat on

02:10 the water so yeah, so it's just

02:12 a whole range of safety cover

02:14 with qualified people and

02:16 yeah. Tell me

02:18 some of your top tips for being safe in the water

02:20 Top tips, float

02:22 like a starfish if you're in trouble

02:24 don't go to the beach alone, go

02:26 with a friend, let somebody know where you're going

02:28 if you can, use a

02:30 float device if you're swimming

02:32 generally just make sure you've got

02:34 the right clothing, you've possibly checked the tides

02:36 things like that

02:38 yeah, just basically don't go

02:40 alone and don't swim after

02:42 alcohol or

02:44 food

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