Category: Articles
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Lifejackets Need Love Too
Summer 2012 message from Sea Safety Officer, Peter Williams: Summer is nearly here and many of us have spent recent months preparing our pride and joy for the water. Polished, greased, anti fouled and with that extra gadget or new toy installed the summer sun and boating pleasure is eagerly anticipated. But lifejackets need some…
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Olympic role for RNLI Exmouth Deputy Coxswain
Volunteer Deputy Coxswain Steve Hockings-Thompson is to be one of 8,000 Torchbearers on Sunday 20 May in Torbay. His nomination was based on his involvement with the RNLI over 18 years. Steve, 46 is to run approximately 400 metres along the proposed route on the second day of the torch’s journey to the London 2012…
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RNLI Exmouth volunteer crew rescue distressed woman during routine exercise
Exmouth RNLI were tasked by Portland Coastguards at 6.40pm on Tuesday 8 May to help a woman cut off by the tide at Orcombe Point. The fortnightly crew training exercise was happening at this time with the all-weather lifeboat Margaret…
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Shannon class talk draws in crowd at Exmouth RNLI Guild AGM
Approximately 60 people attended the 2012 Exmouth RNLI Guild AGM held on 23 April at the Exe Sailing Club. The Exmouth Lifeboat Management Group open meeting followed on with the guest speaker Lee Firman, Coxswain of the Shannon class trials ending the evening with a question and answer session. The attendees included lifeboat crew members…
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Exmouth hosts trials of new RNLI lifeboat
The RNLI have spent two days in Exmouth (Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 April) carrying out trials of a new class of lifeboat. The Shannon class all-weather is at present undergoing extensive sea and beach trials around the country where she’s been tested out in a range of conditions. The new lifeboat has been designed…
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Exmouth RNLI tow family to safety during Easter weekend
Exmouth RNLI were tasked by Brixham Coastguards at 1.35pm on Saturday 7 April after an 18 foot motorboat started to drift between the fairway buoys. The inshore lifeboat George Bearman was launched immediately during light wind and calm sea conditions.…
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RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry to be awarded to Exmouth lifeboat crew volunteer
The RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry is to be presented to Exmouth crew volunteer Roger Jackson (43) following the rescue of four people from a capsized powerboat last October. At a meeting of the charity’s Trustees this week it was agreed that the award acknowledged Roger’s exemplary command and leadership, boat-handling skill and tenacity in…
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Nancy’s knits raise over £1,000 for Exmouth RNLI
Exmouth RNLI volunteer of nearly 18 years, Nancy Thompson has raised £1,005 through sales of her crocheted hats. Nancy started her individual fundraising project for the charity 16 months ago and has sold 140 in this period. Nancy knows how…
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Exeter Engineers put the ‘fun’ into fundraising on SOS Day
Around 25 Staff at the Exeter office of international engineering company WPS took part in the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day of the year on Friday 27 January, SOS Day. Volunteers from Exmouth RNLI visited their office to thank them for…
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Come Rain Or Shine Yorkshire Building Society’s Exeter branch are supporting the RNLI
Yorkshire Building Society’s Exeter branch is on a mission to raise funds for its chosen Charity of the Year, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). To celebrate the launch of their 2012 fundraising, staff were joined by RNLI volunteers from…
