by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 10, 2016 | Articles
Crew volunteers self-launched D class lifeboat George Bearman at 1.20pm on 9 May to a kitesurfer in difficulty. The lady in her 20s had been caught up on number 8 buoy, 400m south of the lifeboat. Kitesurfers retrieved her kit whilst our Crew recovered her to the...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Apr 20, 2016 | Articles
Teignmouth and Exmouth lifeboats launched on the afternoon of 20 April to assist a lone sailor on board a 28 foot yacht in difficulty off Teignmouth bar, in rough conditions. ...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Apr 13, 2016 | Articles
On 12 April, Jared Colclough and Richard Smith returned to Exmouth lifeboat station, one year after volunteers saved their lives following the sinking of their powerboat. It was a...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Apr 6, 2016 | Articles
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman launched at 5.45pm on 6 April to reports of a mother and daughter walking a Boxer and a Collie, cut off by the tide between Sandy Bay and Orcombe Point. It took crew volunteers just five minutes to...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Apr 2, 2016 | Articles
At 1.08pm on 2 April, Exmouth’s Shannon class lifeboat launched following reports of a motor boat in difficulty south of Budleigh Salterton. Whilst launching, volunteers launched D class lifeboat to search another area after an empty tender was washed up on the beach....
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Mar 29, 2016 | Articles
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman launched at 3.40pm on Easter Monday, 28 March following reports of a kite surfer in difficulty near Orcombe Point. A shop volunteer called the Coastguard to initiate the rescue process. ...