1/11/25 – ILB launched to windsurfer off Brandy Cove

1/11/25 – ILB launched to windsurfer off Brandy Cove

At 15:54hrs, HM Coastguard tasked our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to a windsurfer requiring assistance off Brandy Cove. The Exmouth RNLI crew of three made best speed to the incident, navigating moderate seas with a swell of around 1.7 metres and westerly...
1/11/25 – ILB launched to windsurfer off Brandy Cove

30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

At 12:36hrs, HM Coastguard tasked our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to a kite surfer in difficulty off Orcombe Point. The 999 call to H.M. Coastguard was made by the kitesurfer himself, who was carrying a mobile phone, when his equipment failed leaving him in...
1/11/25 – ILB launched to windsurfer off Brandy Cove

5/10/25 – Both boats launched to suspected missing swimmer

At 09:15hrs, HM Coastguard requested the launch of both boats to a report of a missing swimmer off Budleigh. The all-weather Shannon lifeboat, R and J Welburn, and the D-class inshore lifeboat, George Bearman II, were launched swiftly in slight seas and north-westerly...
1/11/25 – ILB launched to windsurfer off Brandy Cove

3/10/25 – ILB launched to person in the water

At 15:03hrs, HM Coastguard requested the immediate launch of Exmouth RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, George Bearman II, to reports of a person in the water and needing help. Fortunately, three ILB crew members were already at the lifeboat station when the pagers sounded, and...