Crew, Fundraising and Shop volunteers from Exmouth were busy supporting and representing the charity that saves lives at sea in various methods and places on 13 and 14 October. ...
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat launched at 4.19pm on 16 October to a man on board a 21’ cabin cruiser in the river Exe, during Storm Ophelia. Crew volunteers were on scene near the Exe Sailing Club within 12 minutes in Force 6 conditions. The...
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat launched at 5pm on 8 October to reports of two adults and two children, in difficulty landing a boat on Budleigh Salterton beach. ...
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat was called out twice over the weekend, assisting three people in difficulty. Crew volunteers were on exercise on their Shannon class lifeboat during the annual Champagne Challenge community sailing event. ...
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 6.15pm on 19 August following a call to the UK Coastguard from a broken down speedboat off Budleigh Salterton. Volunteers worked with Sidmouth lifeboat to tow casualties back to safety. ...
Fine weather and hundreds of visitors to this year’s Exmouth lifeboat Open Day on 13 August led to a successful event. Visitors witnessed two shouts and a planned demonstration during the day. ...
Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched at 1.34pm on 6 August to a lone fisherman in a 21' wooden day boat with engine failure, four miles south east of Exmouth lifeboat station. ...
Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched at 10.08am on 18 July to assist two casualties on board a 37’ yacht which had lost all steering, 14 miles south of Seaton. ...
Crew volunteers were tasked by the UK Coastguard at 7pm on Wednesday 5 July to the aid of a broken down fishing boat nine miles south of the Exe estuary. Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn was on exercise during an RNLI three-yearly inspection. ...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II was tasked three times on 2 July to assist a total of nine people in difficulty. The first was during a performance by Mikron Theatre Co. and whilst the BBC were filming an interview about a rescue story for Countryfile. Both the...
Dedicated volunteers, Margaret Griffin and Biddy Midgley both 83, retired from duty at the Exmouth RNLI visitor experience centre on Queens Drive on 30 May. ...
On 30 May, 32 St John Ambulance Badgers from all over the West Country visited Exmouth lifeboat station as part of an activities week to celebrate 30 years of their first-aid charity. ...
An increase in the number of people enjoying the fine weather by the coast led to the UK Coastguard tasking Crew volunteers five times between Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May. ...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 1.30pm on 26 May to two jet skiers who had unexpectedly found themselves in the water and drifted 1.5 miles for over 40 minutes. ...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 11.57am on 25 May to two men in difficulty on a sailboat, half a mile south of Exmouth lifeboat station. A passing canoeist who had...