Plymouth lifeboat launches into storm force 10 

MAXIMUM RESPECT TO THR GUYS AND GIRLS OF THE RNLI

A strange anomaly is that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution operates from bases in the Republic of Ireland. Always a great service no matter where they launch from. How many sailors in ships large and small who are in distress let out a cheer when the lifeboat hoves into view because they know just how good these guys are.

Outstanding seamanship required in these conditions. And above all respect for the power of the sea. All of them have my utmost admiration for saving lives sometimes costing their own. Thankfully those events are rare.

Stunning work you guys and girls do.

Great work folks always there when we need you.cheers Tom.

Balls as big as houses! Such legends!

Hang on a bloody minute! How the hell can there be 28 thumbs down when these people are risking their lives to save lives??? Selfish!!! 😡

Wow, that's a bunch of boat to get up outta the hole like that. Great work!! Brave folks. 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

if its any consolations i got drenched watching you & was involved in x2 dartmoor rescues this week alone!!! 7.5hours of listening to someone in pain!!! from a twisted spine & back!! whilst dressed in my pyjamas underneath a non waterproof jkt!!

That's very kind - thank you :-)

I grew up where we had a Severn class life boat in portrush, always love to hear them engines roar.

just one word HERO,S

Thanks to all in the RNLI. (subscribed)

The risk is death but the reward is life. For me the rewards for doing this job far outweigh the risks, saying that though I wouldn't have the balls to do this, keep it up.

Unsung Hertos, well done guys!

Yes, because that's the attitude the RNLI should take to life-saving..

Presumably you know this incident well as you know what the conditions were reported to be and what they were when he set out.

The best experienced crews with the best kit.Should not be funded by subscription but the government.

Some fair old seas running there.Looking for a canoeist in these conditions? Nutcase in a canoe.

WOW...SUPER!! GREETINGS FROM WEST PAPUA-INDONESIA

U can never tell how rough it is in recorded footage. Alway looks better than it realy was. Speaking 4rm experience

Awesome men and boats, my mum and dad donated to the RNLI, what i would give to be on that boat,

Fortunately, the canoeist actually managed to make their own way ashore safely

I'm not an expert but it would take a heck of a lot. She's a Severn class by the look of it. They can self right if they capsize, and in clear water with no rocks around there is very little that would really damage it significantly. If it were bashed up against a rocky outcrop then that could cause it to become holed and sink but she has a reinforced hull that should prevent that sort of thing too.

you guys are true hero's

Serious balls to do this stuff !!!!!!!

Hmmmm, I don't want to argue with the RLNI, but that didn't look like a force 10 to me. I'd say a 7 touching 8, and maybe less when they were launching.

Where’s the kayaker? Has this been edited shorter to a shorter run time?

Wow, is the engine whine up and down because the pilot is throttling up and down or is that the sea loading and unloading the props putting strain on the engines?

Thank you all for putting to sea on these calls....may god keep all safe (fair winds ,calm seas be on your watch and may white horses be still on your morns rise.)

Respect to you all

keep up the good work

dis video kicks ass

I'm a kayaker that regularly goes out fishing on my yak but consider a 20mph wind forecast as a no way I'm going out to sea time! What the hell was a kayaker doing out in swells like this, even if they were in a sheltered bay, the wind forecast must have been high surely.

you actually got called out today to a yacht in trouble between jennycliff & bovisand harbor how did that one turn out? i only live around the corner? was a rapid squall freaked out the flotilla!

Beautiful ! Make them damn rails two feet higher.

Isn't having balls of steel a serious drowning risk?

You also use rainX. Wipers are a nuisance. More people should know about it.

respect

These fellas need real support from the government

Fair play... that's a bit lumpy :-)

Was that it

I hope you boys dont have to pay for a drink when you get home? legends

These brave people really deserve our support, I've been giving ever since i was old enough to earn and i have left a substantial portion of my estate to them, that was until now. I will never support them again. I'm sorry but it's the RNLI not the RILI, National not International. Stop empire building. I expect my donations to support the British not people in Africa and elsewhere, if you have so much money, help those that need it in the UK those that work tirelessly on our behalf, not those abroad. Giving Burkini's to those in Africa makes a mockery of those brave soles that regullarly risk and to those that have given their lives to save those in the UK seas. For example Penlee and others. Its a bloody disgrace

Wow

Real Life Super heroes.

Should have not bothered going out for the canoeist. He knew what he was doing and he deserved to drown.

It would be cheaper.

Id be screaming my bloody moobs off! I bet that isn't even the worst they've had

That's not a Force 10 - Where is the spume? Check the Beaufort scale descriptions. Looks like a Force 8 at most to me. (Most of the crashing about is from the boat driving into the wind at speed.) Unless they are in very sheltered waters and the F10 was outwith that area.

cool

Storm coming.Tues am Tomorrow 5am . Google news.

hello

these waves are not even that big i've been in bigger waves in a ordinary smaller and unsafer boat

TAKE YOUR WASHING WITH YOU , HANG IT ALONGSIDE YOU AND SAVE ON WATER N ELECTRIC , ;-)

Peer Fischer Holm

A 10 isnt that bad but is worse in a small boat like this

You have no idea how hard I'm laughing at you right now.

The bounding main⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ a real job. Screw the pencil pushers🌊🌊🌊🌊

yes, these guys do a great job, but why do they keep saying that every job is an emergency, they are just like the Fire service over playing there call outs,.

TAKE YOUR WASHING WITH YOU , HANG IT ALONGSIDE YOU AND SAVE ON WATER N ELECTRIC , ;-)