Category: Articles
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Exmouth RNLI receive donation on behalf of Little Otters
A number of children and parents from Little Otters Pre-School in East Budleigh visited the lifeboat station on the morning of 4 July with a donation. This followed a visit to their pre-school in May from volunteer crew member David…
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Exmouth RNLI Shop wins regional award
RNLI shop volunteers joined Margaret Eaglesham, Souvenir Secretary to celebrate winning the South West Retail Supporters Award 2012. The certificate was presented at a regional ceremony at the charity’s headquarters at Poole on 22 June. Giving the award is crew…
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Two early hours calls for Exmouth RNLI volunteers
Exmouth’s all weather lifeboat, Margaret Jean was tasked to assist a yacht in Lyme Bay at 1.53am on Monday 2 July. As volunteers were concluding the rescue nearly four hours later, another radio call from Brixham coast guards suggested another imminent rescue for the volunteers. A total of seven volunteer crew went to the rescue…
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Both Exmouth RNLI lifeboats launched to assist cliff faller
A total of eight Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew plus Coxswain and Lifeboat Medical Adviser were tasked to assist a cliff faller at Orcombe Point on the evening of Saturday 16 June. Following communication from Brixham coastguards, Deputy Launching Authority Dave…
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Exmouth RNLI boathouse becomes even greener
Contractors installed a number of solar panels to the roof of Exmouth RNLI boathouse on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 June. This addition to the building on Queens Drive has increased the number of ways Exmouth RNLI are working with renewable sources to keep running costs to a minimum. The 22 photovoltaic cell panels are…
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Exmouth RNLI volunteers assist yachtsman taken ill on boat
Exmouth RNLI volunteers were launched on Friday 8 June when a man living on a boat up the river called for help after being taken ill. The team responded in the inshore lifeboat, transferring the sailor to shore for medical…
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Summer sunshine calls for extraordinary commitment from Exmouth RNLI volunteers
A hot, sunny day in Exmouth has kept the RNLI lifeboat volunteers in the town busy on Saturday 26 May. In a space of four hours the crew of the D class inshore lifeboat attended to ten incidents. The emergencies alone illustrate the commitment of the station’s volunteers, but the action doesn’t stop there as…
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Exmouth RNLI visit Little Otters Pre-school
On Monday 21 May, Exmouth RNLI Volunteer Crewman David Preece visited Little Otters in East Budleigh to talk to the children about beach safety and the work of the lifeboats. David explained how the children should get help in an emergency on the beach and how to spot lifeguards and lifeboat crew. The children particularly…
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Exmouth RNLI lifeboat launched as Olympic Torch handed over to volunteer
Exmouth RNLI Deputy Coxswain Steve Hockings-Thompson was scheduled to take over the Olympic Torch in Torbay at 5.06pm on Sunday 20 May. With only three minutes to go, his crewmates’ pagers sounded indicating the imminent launch of the Exmouth inshore lifeboat, George Bearman. Portland coastguards had tasked the D-class lifeboat and its three volunteer crew…
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Busy weekend for Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew
The Exmouth all weather lifeboat Margaret Jean was launched at 5.30am on Saturday 19 May to continue the search for missing Weymouth fishing vessel Purbeck Isle. On Sunday 20 May the inshore lifeboat was tasked to rescue members of the public stuck in the estuary mud. After more than 26 hours of intensive searching by…
