14/8/25 – ALB launched to assist fishing vessel

14/8/25 – ALB launched to assist fishing vessel

by | Aug 16, 2025 | Shouts

At 11.01 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our All Weather Boat, R and J Welburn, to assist a fishing vessel of Sidmouth with a log jamming the propeller. Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat also attended and, after assessing the situation, managed to extract the log....
11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Shouts

At 20.31 HM Coastguard requested our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to a paddle boarder ‘waving’ for help off Sandy Bay. The crew were soon on scene and quickly located the reported casualty who confirmed that they were not in difficulty.  Satisfied...
11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

10/8/25 – ILB launches to capsized dinghy

by | Aug 11, 2025 | Shouts

In one 24-hour period starting on Saturday 10 August 2025, Exmouth RNLI were paged three times.  The pagers first sounded at 05.24 on Saturday; again at 20.29, with the third call coming at 1.17 on Sunday morning.  On each occasion your Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew...
11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

7/8/25 – ILB stops exercise to aid Windsurfer

by | Aug 9, 2025 | Shouts

At 13.48 HM Coastguard requested our D Class lifeboat, George Bearman II, to assist a windsurfer. The inshore lifeboat and its volunteer crew of four were on exercise at the time on the River Exe.The exercise was halted and the crew proceeded to the reported casualty...
11/8/25 – ILB launches to paddle boarder

5/8/25 – ILB launched to assist Lifeguards

by | Aug 6, 2025 | Shouts

At 11.44 HM Coastguard requested the launch of our ILB, George Bearman II, to assist in a search being conducted by lifeguards off Sandy Bay and Exmouth beaches for a missing 10 year old boy in the vicinity of Orcombe Point. Fortunately, by the time the lifeboat had...