30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

by | Oct 31, 2025 | Shouts

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...
30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

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

by | Oct 5, 2025 | Shouts

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...
30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

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

by | Oct 4, 2025 | Shouts

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...
30/10/25 – ILB launched to kite surfer

7/9/25 – ILB launched to stranded persons at Sandy Bay

by | Sep 8, 2025 | Shouts

At 18:21hrs, Exmouth RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, George Bearman II, was launched directly by H.M. Coastguard to reports of two persons in the water near the rocks below Straight Point in Sandy Bay.  The crew of three aboard the D-class lifeboat made best speed to the...
2/9/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB taking on water

2/9/25 – ALB launched to assist RIB taking on water

by | Sep 3, 2025 | Shouts

At 14.39hrs HM Coastguard requested the launch of our All Weather Lifeboat 13-03 R and J Welburn to a RIB taking on water in two metre waves off Langstone Rock.  The volunteer crew of the Exmouth RNLI lifeboat, R and J Welburn, launched quickly towards Teignmouth,...