Are there any thoughts about the use of drones aiding rescues, with their obvious height advantage to spot people in the water Or on beaches ahead of the rescue craft, I’m aware that weather on many occasions may preclude its use but would make a cheaper alternative to a helicopter on many shouts?
These guys true heroes and are all voluntary sometimes they don't even get the credit for what they do long live the R N L I watching this in belfast northern ireland
One of the highlights of my childhood was watching the Tenby lifeboat launch, while on holiday there. That was 69 years ago August 1953. I remember the maroons going off and the rush of boys racing up to the cliff path to the lifeboat station. We talked about it for days afterwards.
In early 60s I, my brother and a friend went sea cliff scrambling at the end of the beach. I was 9 years old. Our friend got stuck. I was above him so my brother climbed down and went for help but returned saying the tide had come in and he was unable to reach the beach. I then climbed up the entire cliff face and into someone's garden at the top. The owners alerted the lifeboat which was launched soon after and a dramatic cliff rescue took place using a flying fox to the lifeboat. Thank you Terry lifeboat for saving the day. The rescue was on the news and in the local paper with me being proclaimed a hero for the climb out. I went on to become a rock climber and mountaineer which I still enjoy to this day.
@@anuy0108 Good heavens! I remember reading about your rescue. Often, if I glance at a page any name with which I have an association will pretty much leap off the page and draw my eye. I’m pretty sure that was one of those occasions when the word Tenby caught my eye and I read about the little boy who had scaled the cliff to get the lifeboat to rescue some other boys. I hope your brother’s still buying you drinks for your actions that day😉 You may not be aware that you can edit your posts on here. Click the three little dots on the right of your post, then hit “Edit Post” in the menu that appears. Auto-correct can be so annoying at times.
Thanks pal, yeah it was a bit sketchy, especially when I was nailing it out into sea chasing the boat.. the riskier the idea the better the shot I find
If it's rough they can leave it on a mooring in the bay. Otherwise they pull it up like this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2OcrkCq9o7U.html
We used to go and see the Flamborough lifeboat launch when we were kids, but the ramp didn't reach the sea even when the tide was in so when the boat got to the bottom a tractor used to pull it the rest of the way 😂🤣😂 Great design.
Lol That was my exact thought before it even hit the water, I wanted it to take off out of there like a catamaran with twin 600's running out of Haulover. I knew that it wasn't going to do that, so I quickly lowered my expectations, and wasn't disappointed! 🙂
@@HayloftProjects I just watched a video of a launch filmed from the boathouse. It did seem faster. It looks like they hit 20 knots just going down the ramp! What a wonderful service and beautiful boat, that appears to be maintained in Bristol fashion. And my compliments to your drone photography as well. What a great shot!
Imagine standing on the bow and your ship just begins moving But your the only one on.. It would be like this: Jim why is the ship moving? JIM?! JIM WERE ARE YOU AA AAA
They drag it back up backwards with a cable. Someone else asked the same thing and someone else found a video of it. Have a flick through the comments to find it!
Beautiful shots of the life boat. Simply makes no sense for them to exist. If you go to sea and face death, just accept it and don't make others die for your decision.
I question how much you would think about it when you are in need of help. All alone, no one near by, before your last moment, you would start to question if anyone is coming to save you, and no one ever came because lifeboats never were a thing. Does it still make sense that lifeboats shouldn't exist? As the name suggests, these are boats that go to save lives, boats that evacuated passengers and crews of doomed ships, boats that were the last hope of survival, boats where people lived to tell the tale and boats that were manned by brave crews, that their Job was to save lives, no matter the weather or whatever happened to the people who got into trouble, bad decision or not. For Instance, U.S.S Pendleton, a WW2 built T2 type tanker, that ran aground and broke in two during a nor'easter on the 18th of February, 1952. Out of 41 crew, 9 were lost to the sea, the rest were salvaged by U.S Coast Guard Motor lifeboat CG 36500, under the Comand of Boatswain's Mate First Class Bernard C. Webber and 3 others. Those 32 men would have never been seen again alive , had it not been for a 36 foot lifeboat that came to their aid. These men knew what they were signing up for. Their ship was not led by a poor captain, and even if it was, the Coast Guard didn't question whose at fault. They did their duty, which they fulfilled by saving any lives they could find.
@@gamo-LT-fut I wonder what breathing has to do with risking peoples lives. Mentioning food, might as well not be alive then, cause food is essential for the human body to function properly. Driving is by far the most dangerous and understandable risk of the three so I'll give that a pass, but still is essential to travel from point A to B. Risks of driving most of the time comes from the driver behind the wheel, either from negligence or being drunk, however, sometimes it comes from the vehicle itself via mechanical malfunction.
@@lukeportelli2097 Dude over said you shouldnt risk anyone life by going in the sea. All i'm saying is that everything might risk someone else life. Breathing with covid might kill someone next to you. Ofc i'm joking because saying "dont sail you might risk someone else life" is kinda stupid.
