Members of the Exeter Tangent Club visited our Lifeboat Station last evening, Tuesday 6 August 2019. They were accompanied by the President of the National Association of Tangent Clubs, Sue Hill. The ladies were given a guided tour of the lifeboat station, together...
Exmouth All Weather Lifeboat called to assist disabled Yacht
At 11:27am today Tuesday 6 August 2019 the crew of Exmouth RNLI All Weather Lifeboat R & J Welburn were tasked by Solent Coastguard to attend a report of a disabled yacht. The crew of the eight metre yacht summonsed the Lifeboat after they were unable to make sail...
Exmouth Lifeboat supporter donates £500 for her 90th Birthday
Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat Supporter Myrt CLARK recently donated £500 to the local charity in lieu of presents for her 90th birthday this July. She came to Exmouth Lifeboat Station on Saturday 3 August 2019 where she, and her nephew Geoff Searle, an avid RNLI supporter...
Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat called to capsized boat
At 5:19pm today Sunday 4 August 2019 the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II attended a report of a capsized vessel off the coast of Cockwood in South Devon having been alerted by HM Coastguard. Initial reports claimed that the centre board or...
Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat rescues two trapped by tide
On the evening of Friday 2 August 2019 the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II rescued two teenagers trapped by the tide on rocks at Orcombe Point, Exmouth. At about 8:10pm the volunteer crew of the inshore lifeboat were returning from exercise...
Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat launches to assist injured female
At 10:45 today Monday 29 July 2019, Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II was tasked to attend the beach by Orcombe Point, Exmouth following a report of a female with a suspected hip injury on the waters edge with an incoming tide. The volunteer crew, led by...
Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat launched to attend sick 2 year old child
Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 14:10hrs today, Saturday 27 July 2019 following a report from Solent Coastguard of a 2 year old child having breathing difficulties on the beach at Dawlish Warren. The lifeboat, crewed by Helm, Henry Mock and crew...
Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat launched in search for missing man.
Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II was launched yesterday Friday 26 July 2019 following a report from the Devon & Cornwall Police and Coastguard of a missing male. The lifeboat, led by volunteer Helm Henry Mock and Crew, Roger Moore and Steve Satchel, was...
Exmouth RNLI rescues teenage swimmer in difficulty
Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II launched during the evening of Thursday 25 July 2019 following a report by a member of the public that a swimmer was in difficulties off Exmouth seafront. At about 7:10pm volunteer Crew members at the Lifeboat Station in...
Des went the distance for Exmouth RNLI
Veteran long distance runner and Exmouth RNLI volunteer, Des White has raised £776.25 by running this year’s London Marathon in aid of the local lifesaving charity. Des, a volunteer Tour Guide at the station, ran the London Marathon, his 42nd marathon event, on 28th...
Exmouth RNLI volunteers called out three times after busy PR weekend
Exmouth’s Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn attended two public relations’ events in Lyme Bay over the weekend of 6 and 7 July. Three call-outs followed on Sunday evening within two miles of Exmouth lifeboat station. On Saturday 6 July, Crew volunteers attended...
New Lifeboat Operations Manager takes the helm at Exmouth RNLI
On 21 June, Mike Gall, a retired Royal Navy Dentist took over the volunteer management role at Exmouth lifeboat station from Kevin Riley MBE, after a total of 20 years’ dedicated voluntary service. Mike retired from the Royal Navy two years ago. Formative clinical...
Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers rescue seven people in one weekend
Between 28 June and 30 June, the Exmouth inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched three times on service, attended five services and assisted seven people in difficulty. George Bearman II first launched at 4.21pm on Friday. A female windsurfer was in difficulty at...
Casualty thanks Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers after Easter rescue
On 26 June, a Bristol couple returned to the south Devon coast to thank the volunteer team who responded to their call for help on 20 April. Janet was sitting awkwardly on a rock at Dawlish Warren when she suffered a dislocated hip and experienced excruciating pain....
The Beach Pub Comedy Evening Fundraiser
Plymouth Comedian Richard James is walking the West Coast Path and carrying out Comedy Gigs at various venues along the way. For 44 days in June and July, intrepid Richard and his friends are walking along the stunning and at times rugged South West Coast Path from...