RNLI Crew training news

'Oarsome' effort in aid of Criccieth RNLI

Danielle Rush

Criccieth RNLI volunteer Hope Filby and two of her workmates Scott Barrett and Robert Barrett completed a gruelling 16-mile paddle in aid of the RNLI. The intrepid trio kayaked 16 miles from Abersoch to Criccieth on Sunday (21 June), raising £1,000 for Criccieth RNLI Lifeboat Station...

Former RNLI crew volunteer rescues trapped man from River Avon

Tamsin Thomas

A former RNLI crew volunteer has today (Wednesday 24 June) pulled a trapped pensioner from the River Avon in Tewkesbury and says it was his RNLI training that ensured the rescue was successful. Phil Taylor has just moved to the area from the Channel Islands where he was on the crew of the St Catherine’s inshore lifeboat in Jersey...

Two RNLI lifeboats assist as four are rescued after small boat capsizes off Land's End

Tamsin Thomas

Four people have been rescued off Land’s End after their 18-foot boat capsized as they tried to anchor in a fast flowing tide. The three men and one woman were brought ashore by the Penlee RNLI inshore lifeboat after being pulled from the sea by a local fishing boat...

Actions of Penlee RNLI crew praised by Coxswain after fisherman collapses

Patrick 'Patch' Harvey

The Penlee RNLI Coxswain has praised the actions of his volunteer crew after an injured fisherman they had rescued, collapsed as he stepped ashore from the lifeboat. Patrick ‘Patch’ Harvey says the crew reacted in a thoroughly professional manner, responding immediately to provide the man with life saving first aid...

Sunderland RNLI assist fisherman after Weaver Fish sting

Paul Nicholson

Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station were called into action shortly before twelve o’clock this afternoon [Sunday, June 21st] to assist a fisherman who had suffered a reaction to being stung by a Weaver Fish when fishing five mile east of Roker Pier, Sunderland.
The rescue mission was launched after Coastguard Officers at Humber Coastguard received an emergency radio transmission from the boat reporting that a fisherman onboard was in pain and that his hand had swollen after being stung by a small fish...

RNLI Mobile Training Unit provides First Aid Course at Whitstable Lifeboat Station

Chris Davey

Whitstable Lifeboat Crewmembers have been participating in First Aid courses at the boathouse as part of the ongoing training programme for volunteer lifeboat crews.
Over the last 4-weeks crewmembers have attended the courses run by First Aid Instructor Vikki Tomalin who is based at the Lifeboat College at Poole in Dorset but tours lifeboat stations as part of the RNLI Mobile Training Unit...

Hastings RNLI lifeboat launches to stranded cruiser

Clive Mayhew

The Hastings RNLI lifeboat was launched to a stranded cruiser late on Thursday afternoon.
The cruiser ‘Lady Claire’ was bound for Eastbourne when it ran low of fuel just off Hastings pier...

Double Father's Day celebration for Fishguard's newest and oldest RNLI volunteers

Danielle Rush

Proud dad Roger Strawbridge, Fishguard’s longest standing RNLI volunteer and daughter Ngaire, the station’s newest recruit, will have special cause for celebration this weekend. Ngaire, 17, the youngest RNLI volunteer in Pembrokeshire will tomorrow return home after sailing through a sea survival course at the Lifeboat College in Poole...

St Catherine's lifeboat and Fire Service Inshore Rescue Boat in joint exercise

Helier de Veulle

St Catherine’s lifeboat, Eric Rowse, joined the Fire Service Inshore Rescue Boat in a joint search and recovery exercise off the south east coast of Jersey today, co-ordinated with the Jersey Coastguard.
The exercise involved the scenario of a 28ft Fairline which had been reported missing en route from St Helier to Gorey with an unknown number of passengers...

Falmouth Marine School students train as RNLI lifeguards

Amy Caldwell

Students from Falmouth Marine School along with members of Gyllyngvase Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) based at Falmouth have been busy learning the important life saving skills and first aid knowledge needed to become RNLI lifeguards.
The course was run by Allan Reid who is one of the founders of Gyllyngvase Surf Lifesaving Club and Simon Crayfourd, the RNLI’s Development Officer who is responsible for developing links between the RNLI and Surf Life Saving Clubs throughout the UK and works with RNLI Volunteer Lifeguards around the coast...