by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Sep 12, 2016 | Articles
At 3.11pm on Sunday 11 September, inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked to assist a yacht with two adults and its rescue boat with four children and one adult on board, both aground in the Exe estuary. The 22 foot stricken yacht was located north of Lympstone,...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Sep 2, 2016 | Articles
Three former casualties saved by Exmouth RNLI volunteers are actively promoting the charity’s Respect The Water campaign to prevent drowning incidents occurring. Their rescue on 12 April, 2015 changed their lives and Jared Colclough, Richard Smith and Dan Morton are...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Sep 1, 2016 | Articles
During the evening of 31 August, Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat George Bearman was tasked twice by Solent Coastguard. Whilst on an inshore lifeboat exercise, volunteers were tasked to a 24′ sailing boat drifting upstream, 150m off Lympstone. The Crew were on scene...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Aug 25, 2016 | Articles
At lunchtime on 24 August, inshore lifeboat George Bearman and Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn were tasked by the Coastguard to search the river Exe for a possible missing person. A member of the public had contacted the Coastguard to report an unidentified...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Aug 24, 2016 | Articles
On 21 August, the station’s volunteers opened the doors to their boathouse to welcome supporters visiting their Open Day. The total raised was just under £1,000 with donations still coming in. The event was well attended with the charity’s shop volunteers experiencing...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Aug 22, 2016 | Articles
Exmouth’s Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched at 6.09pm on 18 August to assist a leisure fishing vessel which had overheated, seven miles south of the lifeboat station. The all-weather lifeboat was on scene within 24 minutes and a Crew volunteer placed on...
