Burnham Area Rescue Boat

Burnham-on-Sea is on the shore of the Bristol Channel and has a long sandy beach, but nearby mudflats and sandbanks have claimed several lives over the years.

At low tide, large parts of the area become mudflats up to 4 km (2.5 miles) wide due to the tidal range of 15 metres (49 ft),[1] second only to the Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada.

[13] BARB asked the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to take over inshore rescue boat work on the coast, which it did on 23 December 2003.

Their main role is use by BARB Search & rescue's Swift Water Team as part of Surf Life Saving GB.

[16][17] The Light Of Elizabeth is a four-seat BBV craft intended for training and reaching sites on the River Parrett where the larger hovercraft cannot operate.

Mud danger signs on Bridgwater Bay near the mouth of the River Parrett are necessary because fast, high-amplitude tides here have led to drownings on the extensive mud flats.
The BARB boathouse