Lovely to see a recovery video for a change. Yes launch is exciting for all but we forget the return to station ready to go again in a moment. Much respect to all crew and those manning the station and those who rattle the donations tins
Great video. I love it. I've been yesterday there and sailed my City of Sheffield alongside the Annie Blaker. When both boats switch their engines on was a great moment.
The RNLI is entirely a charity staffed by volunteer citizens based in costal communities. Their employers give them release immediately if they get a shout, they hop in their car and tear through town to the boat. The whole town hears the hooter, the volunteers are known by everyone, so the population and the police just get the hell out of their way. It's impressive to see 20 cars screech into the parking lot like an F1 pitstop, the occupants run in, pile onto the boat and tear off to rescue someone. Within these communities becoming an RNLI lifeboat person is seen as a heroic honour. They do nothing but save lives.
When we were kids we use to go into the old boathouse and stand in awe of the Lifeboat, Philip and Dorothy Constant i believe, but could never catch it launching. That's when you could hear maroons going up, to tell the crew that they were needed. Great memories. Love to know what happened to the old girl, broken up no doubt.
The lifeboat house and slipway are located in the shelter of a harbour, so conditions are very unlikely to get that bad. But if they did, they would find a safe place to moor up, and wait until conditions had improved enough for re-housing
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With respect, this seems a painfully slow launch, thinking of the rescuee at the other end? Even if it was only an exercise, it takes far too long. Surely the RNLI must have to reconsider beach launchings in favour of sites with a direct ramp to the sea?
In a real emergency they will launch immediately, this was an exercise so running the diesel and warming her up and checking everything on a drill evening looks like what they were doing...
In regards to a ramp, many of the English coastline spots are flat beaches with no areas for an adequately angled ramp. Equipment is designed for use in the areas.
Very wise not getting the Bobcat wet. You only need a wave splash over the wading depth and the thing will be immobilised, soon to be submerged when the tide comes in!
One of the crew helped me almost 35 years ago and would accept nothing in return, it was land based, never forgotten, in more recent times they have taken some shit over the immigrant boats but they are more human than most of us and deserve total respect.
