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Lifeboat Institution 'ournal of the loyal National Lifeboat Institution /olume 54 Number 535 The Lifeboat Spring 1996 Three medals won in one service Lifeboat stations from the air Preparing for disaster ^. t •III Afi$& -.,..-•... • With the RAC's help he can save lives ' ' V 3 and you can save money. Every day, RNLI volunteei's brave perilous seas to save the lives of mariners in danger. The RAC is proud to provide financial support for their heroic actions. Now you can do the same - and save yourself a few pounds with a name you can trust. Call RAC" Insurance Services for a quote on your motor insurance and we will give S1 to the RNLJ. Take out a policy and we will donate a further £14. And you can save up to 12.5% as an RNLI member. Take out RAC' Membership and we will give S10 to the RNLI. Plus. you can save up to £:U on membership and enjoy an additional discount of up to 10% on your RAC' motor insurance. So isn't it worth making a lifcsaving call to the RAC' today'.' or for more INSURANCE services 0345 125 636 RAC 0800 716 976 Please quote reference: RAC1 Please quote reference: DTOO10 The Spring 1996 Lifeboat RNLI News 118 Royal National What's happening in and around the Institution Lifeboat Lifeboat Services 120 Institution Including Medal and Vellum award services... Contents Salcombe's successful disasters 126 The Island Cruising Club has a disastrous weekend each year Volume 54 - and it doesn't intend to stop now! Number 535 Ceremonies 127 Chairman: New lifeboats named SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: Your Letters 129 LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Your views on all aspects of lifeboats and related subjects Past and Present 131 Editor: MIKE FLOYD From THE LIFEBOAT of 1946 and one of today's lifeboatmen Editorial Assistant: JON JONES Membership News 134 Advertisement Manager: for Shoreline, Governors and Storm Force members JOHN FARNHILL Classified Advertisements: High Seas... 136 MARION BARDSLEY Continuing our look at lifeboat stations from the air Lifeboat Services 138 Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution. August, September and October 1995 West Quay Road. Poole, The Fundraisers 141 Dorset BH15 1HZ. How some of the money is raised Telephone Poole (01202) 671133 Telex 41328. Registered Charity No. 209603 People and Places 150 Around and about the RNLI Next Issue: The Summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT: THE LIFEBOAT is pub- COVER PICTURE THE LIFEBOAT will appear in July 1996, lished four times a year and is sent free by and news items should be received by 17 to RNLI members and Governors. May 1996, but earlier if possible. For further information on how to join Alan Richardson All material submitted for considera- the Institution as a Member or Governor tion with a view to publication should contact the Membership section at RNLI Montrose's D class lifeboat Holme be addressed to the Editor, THE LIFEBOAT, Headquarters, West Quay Road, Poole, Team 3 takes flight while on serv- Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Dorset BH15 1HZ. ice to the Arbroath fishing vessel Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. Photographs intended for return Radiant Star onll November 1995. Printed by the Friary Press, should be accompanied by a stamped, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset addressed envelope. 117 NEWS NEWS Out in the open around the country! Show time! Once again the RNLI will be opening its facilities to visitors this year, enabling them to gain a first- Although attendance figures hand impression of how the Institution works and the quality of the boats and equipment. at the London International A second national Open Day is being held on the late May Bank Holiday, with most stations Boat Show in January were 7% around the country open on Sunday 26 May. Please check before travelling to a lifeboat station down on 1995, the RNLI's however as a small number will not be open (usually for technical reasons) and a few may be stand again proved to be a opening on other days over great success. the weekend. The stand, a striking dio- NEWSPOINT The RNLI's Inshore lifeboat rama featuring an Atlantic 75 centre at East Cowes will be lifeboat, generated much in- 'Can you imagine something half as big again as a opening its doors on Friday 16 terest and many compliments double-decker bus which could be driven off the roof of and Saturday 17 August, hav- from visitors. a 20ft high building at 30mph, land on the ground below ing missed out on one of its bi- Some £4,800 worth of insig- and then carry on, without any damage to crew or annual openings because of nia was sold during the show, structure? That is virtually what we are expecting a building work. a 20% increase on 1995, and a Severn tO dO ' David Morgan, Head of Naval Architecture and Engineering The ILC is a very different fifth Sea Safety booklet, con- place to the one seen at the last taining safety guidelines for t is no secret that there have been some teething open days in 1992. Many of jet skiers, was also launched at troubles with the new generation of fast afloat the old buildings have been the show - as was SEAREM, Ilifeboats - there were problems with the engines of the demolished to make way for the first international database Trent class and more recently there have been a rash of the new facilities opened in of sea related emergencies, minor problem and a couple of more serious defects with the the summer of 1995. The cen- which has been co-ordinated larger Severns. tre will be open each day from by the Institution to enable These problems should be seen in perspective. Storno- 10am to 5pm with plenty for safety resources and advice to way's Severn, for example, was damaged when she fell all the family to see and do. be targeted more accurately. awkwardly from a 7m sea while travelling at high speed - and Visitors will be able to tour Relief D Class lifeboats do not be fooled into thinking that water is soft, it is not. At that the working areas and see how Cetrek and Lawn/lite were speed it is more like concrete. the Atlantic 75 and D class named at the show, with Jim The Severn is 55ft long and weighs more than 37 tons. 25 lifeboats are made and re- Davidson christening Cetrek knots is a little under 30mph. Can you imagine something half paired. There will be regular on the main pool in front of as big again as a double-decker bus which could be driven off displays on the water, includ- many spectators and press the roof of a 20ft high building at SOmph, land on the ground ing righting demonstrations, photographers. below and then carry on, without any damage to crew or a sail-past of different classes Also at the show Lord structure? That is virtually what we are expecting a Severn of lifeboats and a helicopter Wakeham, Chairman of the to do - and what, given a fair crack of the whip it will do. fly-past. Press Complaints Commis- The RNLI is not complacent and it is working as hard as The children will be kept sion and member of the RNLI it can to solve what are in reality relatively minor problems. It busy with Storm force activi- committee of management, would be only fair to allow it to do so without being subjected ties, a treasure hunt and dress- presented the Institution's to uninformed criticism, particularly in some sections of the ing up competitions. Public Relations Awards to the press. One newspaper for example would have its readers Plans are afoot to hold at Birmingham Evening Mail, believe that the Severn class programme was to be scrapped least one Atlantic 75 naming Michael Buerk and the Royal - and this despite being categorically told otherwise! ceremony during the open Navy and Royal Air Force heli- Unfortunately it is never easy properly to put across the days. copter crews. horrific conditions under which lifeboats are expected to operate and the Institution's genuine desire to provide the very best and totally reliable equipment to people who have Crews around the world no experience of the sea. Toshiba's computer division is to sponsor one RNLI crew The engine problems with the Trents were quickly re- member on each of five legs of the BT Global Challenge Round solved - as everyone expected they would be - and once the The World Yacht Race aboard its boat Wave Warrior. problems with the Severns have been properly identified they The race starts in September 1996, when the 14 identical 67ft too will be solved. boats will leave Southampton on a ten-month 30,000 mile If the manufacturer of a motor car frequently needs to voyage calling at Rio de Janeiro, Wellington, Sydney, Cape recall early models after spending millions on a design which Town and Boston. RNLI crew members, many of whom have essentially makes small improvements to a basically simple shown interest in taking part, will be nominated by their machine it is asking a great deal to expect ground-breaking, stations, and a shortlist of 10 will be put through their paces state-of-the-art machines to be perfect straight out of the box. afloat and ashore. The RNLI's lifeboats work in one of the most hostile The race is also a good fundraising opportunity, and the aim environments known; they must achieve hitherto unheard-of is to fund a lifeboat from sponsorship of crew members.
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