by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jun 12, 2014 | Articles
On the evening of 21 May, Exmouth RNLI volunteers hosted 20 Brownies from 1st Woodbury Brownie pack. The girls had raised £294.20 for their local lifeboat station in a very unusual way. The girls arrived in good time to see the new Shannon class R and J Welburn being...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jun 5, 2014 | Articles
A new volunteer crew member at Exmouth RNLI lifeboat station has had a vital part of their crew training funded by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The course immediately followed an intensive period of Shannon class lifeboat familiarisation at Exmouth. Tim Barnes, 36...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 31, 2014 | Articles
Portland Coastguard requested assistance from Exmouth RNLI’s new all-weather lifeboat at 6.09pm on 31 May after a diver was overdue returning to his party in Lyme Bay. Crew volunteers assembled at 6.12pm and launched using the new Shannon Launch and Recovery System...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 27, 2014 | Articles
The new local gig rowing club in town has helped raise £127.75 for Exmouth RNLI on 23 and 24 August, during the charity’s Open Day Weekend. The club organised a rowing competition and sold bottled water to help save lives at sea at the event. Rowers from the club set...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 26, 2014 | Articles
At 7pm on 22 May, Channel Divisional Operations Manager, Richard Weeks placed the first Shannon in the South West, R and J Welburn on service at Exmouth RNLI. After a week’s intensive training period, crew volunteers took part in a Pass Out assessment on the afternoon...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 25, 2014 | Articles
On Saturday 30 August at 8.03pm, inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked to locate a man drifting upriver in a toy inflatable. A member of the public had called Brixham Coastguard at 8pm. Launching within seven minutes and locating the casualty within another 10...
