by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Sep 10, 2013 | Articles
Brixham coastguard tasked both inshore and all-weather lifeboats at 11.38am on 10 September. A 29-foot Bayliner leisure boat was experiencing difficulties in Lyme Bay. Within four minutes, the inshore lifeboat George Bearman with three crew volunteers aboard, launched...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Sep 4, 2013 | Articles
Exmouth RNLI fundraisers are celebrating their most successful Open Day ever having raised over £1,500 towards the launch and recovery vehicle for the new Shannon class lifeboat which is due on station early next year. Don Hodgkinson, who holds two titles, Chairman of...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Aug 2, 2013 | Articles
Volunteer Deputy Launching Authority, Dave Ashman has raised £605.89 for Exmouth RNLI’s latest appeal. Dave took part in the Eddystone Pursuit sailing event on 13 July, off the Plymouth coast. The fundraising total consisted of £400.18 sponsorship and £205.71 prize...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jul 30, 2013 | Articles
Crew volunteers from Exmouth RNLI were called to the aid of a yacht, two speed boats and a missing kite surfer on Sunday 28 July. Relief Coxswain Matt Simpson from Ilfracombe RNLI led the yacht rescue in Lyme Bay. At 2.05pm, Brixham coastguard initially tasked the...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jul 26, 2013 | Articles
Crew volunteers rescued a novice kitesurfer from the Exmouth’s ‘duckpond’ in the rising tide on 25 July. Later that afternoon, the inshore lifeboat was tasked to rescue two people in the water after their trimaran capsized near the marina. Brixham coastguard tasked...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jul 25, 2013 | Articles
Crew volunteers from Exmouth RNLI were called out three times within four hours on the afternoon of 24 July. A pregnant lady, a sinking speed boat and a missing boat adrift in the river Exe all encountered the rapidly rising flood tide. Brixham coastguard tasked the...
