Haydn Miller Lifeboat Launch at RNLI Tenby. 

Never fails to impress me… I remember so many times as a kid hearing the maroons going off (before pagers) in Barmouth N Wales I would run to the inshore station or just around the corner you could see the larger lifeboat station with its ramp . To see volunteer crews running out of shops the local cafe or chip shop or in cars honking their horn to clear traffic. Wow heroes all of them

Watching the launch videos is really interesting. They show how much the service relies on the "backstage crew" as much as those on the boat. Each specialist job needs someone dedicated to turning out at all hours, in all weathers, in the same way as the actual crews. They might not be as visible to the public as the people in bright yellow kit, but they wouldn't be out there without the guys in wellies and a pullover! Thank you to THEIR service too. Could we have some videos explaining the jobs needed to get the boats to sea please?

I would love to see a video of life boat been winched back up the ramp must be very powerful winch

are they accessible to the public?

I sure hope that was just an exhibition or training and not a real callout!

Popping down to the south coast to pick up a few immigrants I guess as a taxi service. Which will costs us millions in plush hotels and tax

Lifeboat stations used to be mimilistic buildings to house lifeboats in,now they look like statements of wealth, completely unnecessary and a waste of money, but when it's someone else's money just spend, spend, spend

I wonder if they would dally about launching if one of their own needed help