by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jan 28, 2013 | Articles
Exmouth RNLI will feature on the BBC Two programme Great British Railway Journeys on Friday 1 February at 6.30pm. Television crew and presenter Michael Portillo joined the charity’s volunteers for filming on what turned out to be an extraordinary day for the Exmouth...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jan 21, 2013 | Articles
On 20 January, six members of the Exmouth RNLI lifeboat volunteer crew cycled around the Exe estuary to raise money for the launch and recovery vehicle for their new Shannon-class lifeboat, due by early 2014. The team comprising an airline pilot, a life coach, a...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jan 18, 2013 | Articles
Today, Exmouth RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager, Kevin Riley self-launched the inshore lifeboat, George Bearman after crew volunteers witnessed kite surfer fall in cold and rough sea conditions. The George Bearman launched at 2.21pm with Mark Champion at the...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jan 14, 2013 | Articles
Volunteer crew members from Exmouth and Torbay lifeboat stations launched overnight to a tug that had been holed and was taking on water. (Author: Colin Bower, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, Torbay) At around 9.30 pm on Sunday 13 January a major incident sparked...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Dec 17, 2012 | Articles
On 15 December, the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton fundraising guild held their annual carol service. Volunteers from the guild presented retiring guild secretary, Maureen Chandler with a framed photo. The carol service was held at Tower Street Methodist Church on a...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Dec 11, 2012 | Articles
Brixham coastguard tasked Exmouth inshore lifeboat George Bearman at 11 pm on 9 December, on a dark and mild night. The call-out followed a mobile phone call from two stranded fishermen on Bull Hill Bank in the Exe estuary. The two men had been travelling to their...
