Lymington Crew

Nick Haywood
Age when you joined the crew -19
Job title – gardener
Hobbies – family
A little bit about nick - he is Lymington lifeboats senior helm and mechanic.

Michael Thomas Crowe
Age when you joined the crew - 17
Job title – estate agent
Hobbies – boating, holidays 
Dave Mills
Age when joined the crew - 32
Job title – environmental coordinator
Hobbies – mountain biking, sailing.
A little bit about – Dave is a good guy

Emma Knight
Nick name - Em
Age when joined the crew - 20
Hobbies – rowing, sailing, swimming, wakeboarding, running, climbing, biking
A little bit about Emma – always lived in Lymington, loves the water and all things fun and exciting.
Mike Webb
Full name – Mike Webb
Lymington Lifeboat operations manager
joined the crew - DLA 1987 / LOM 1997
Hobbies – Travelling, wine tasting.
A little bit about mike – runs a coffee shop/ restaurant in a garden centre, was catering manger at the royal Lymington yacht club previous. Mike has also been a councillor for Lymington and Pennington council
Joe Blachford
Age when joined the crew - 30
Job title – retired
Hobbies - sailing
A little bit about crew member – Joe was a crew member from 1967 -78, he joined the RNLI sea safety in 1994 and has been the chairman of Lymington lifeboat management committee from 2004, an LSSO in 2006 and DLA from 2007
Malcolm Hall
Nickname - Mac
Age joined - 58 years of age. DLA, Treasurer and Admin Officer
Job Title - Retired. Previously Operations Manager, Exxon Chemical, latterly HR Manager for Esso UK
Hobbies - Sailing (cruising), long(ish) distance walking, projects
Something about crew member - Nottingham University....BSC Chemical Engineering (Hons), ExxonMobil for 34 years. Married to Pamela for 41 years. One married son, Russell. We have lived in New Forest since 1968

Paul Harrsion
Age when joined the crew - 31
Job title – Sales Director - Delonghi UK & IRE
Hobbies - Sailing, Mountain Biking, Sking and the outdoors.
A little bit about crew member– After a childhood living behind the boathouse joined the crew after some time living abroad. Now lives in Lymington with his wife Karen and daughter Ava.

Jon Chittock
Age when joined the crew - 29
Job title – operations manager
Hobbies - sailing
A little bit about crew member– Jon is a great father to his little girl, but still finds time to be a good lifeboat crew member.

Steven Petzer
Nick name - Dude
joined the crew – 4 years ago
Job title – haven master
Hobbies – surfing, baseball, mountain biking flying.
A little bit about crew member– Steve moved here 6 ½ years ago from south Africa, he has lived in Lymington all this time, and plays baseball for the Southampton mustangs.

Iain Wood
Nick name - Woody
Age when joined the crew - 36
Job title – business owner in building and joinery
Hobbies – rugby, skiing
A little bit about crew member - Iain served in the army with The Green Howards for 16 years before joining the crew, he has a wife Helen and children Alice and Henry.

Paul Kelly
Nick name - PK
Age when joined the crew - 29
Job title – manager yacht design company
Hobbies – sailing, flying, rugby, walking

Stuart Lane
Nick name - Grass
Age when joined the crew - 35
Job title – boat builder
Hobbies – sailing, golf and rowing

Simon Nuding
Age when joined the crew - 22
Job title – rib charter
Hobbies – boating

Kevin Coster
Age when joined the crew - 17
Robin Mursell
Age when joined the crew - 22
Job title – marine engineer
Hobbies – running, clay shooting, dog training.
A little bit about crew member– Robin has worked at the haven boat yard for 8 years on marine engines, he lives and works close to the lifeboat station.
Philip Baker
Age when joined the crew - 17
Job title - boatman

Ben Bradley – Watson
Age joined crew - 28
Job Title - Yacht Broker
Hobbies - Rugby, Rugby, Rugby and occasionally sailing, wakeboarding and surfing.

John Husband
Nick name – little John
Age when joined the crew - 17
Job title - boatman
Hobbies – longs, kayaking, sailing

John West
Age when joined the crew - 32
Job title – nurse
Hobbies – sailing, rugby
A little bit about john – he is a nurse in intensive care in Salisbury, he is married with two children living in Lymington

Jamie Lever
Age when joined the crew - 30
Job title –skipper
Hobbies – windsurfing, sailing, mountain biking

