Lifeboat Scrapbook

A scrapbook of the lifeboat year in Swanage as it appears to me: the characters, the boats, the shouts, training, thoughts and fun

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Reptilian nights...

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The reptiles...one word...awesome!
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Distressed damsels...

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So the raft race is about to start and the damsels in distress have arrived...what a motley bunch they look (except of course the coxswains ...

Build a boat!

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The ever popular build a boat competition is underway. A dozen our so teams are pitting their woodworking skills against time and a scarcity...
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Friday, 17 August 2012

Here we go again...

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Another Lifeboat week and the first of out bands 'wasted generation'...going down very well too!
Wednesday, 25 July 2012

A tight ship...

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With one hand on the Tiller, Marcel has everything within reach, exercising with him on his yacht tonight, I was hugely impressed by the lev...
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A lovely Purbeck evening...

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Thanks to Marcel for coming out to play with us tonight...a very productive evening spent towing his lovely yacht.
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A lovely Purbeck evening...

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Thanks to Marcel for coming out to play with us tonight...a very productive evening spent towing his lovely yacht.
Sunday, 20 May 2012

Helping out the neighbours...

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A quick ILB shout this morning to assist our neighbours, the sailing club, with a few capsized dinghies on Pevril ledge. A quick job, but a ...
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Thursday, 12 April 2012

Good old fashioned salvage...

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Nothing much changes in the world of ships and shipping. No sooner has a wreck washed up than the scavenging begins...and it's a sad end...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Waiting for the boat to come home...

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So the boat has been delayed on it's exercise looking for the wrecked hull of a yacht which has been drifting along the Dorset coast for...
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Practice makes perfect...

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So, while both boats are away at sea, those remaining behind work through a variety of training scenarios. Tonight this includes a fair amou...
Sunday, 5 February 2012

Smile...

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Every once in a while we have a photograph taken of the crew. Boathouses around the country are full of this sort of thing...mostly sepia t...
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lifeboatjohn
Born in the North of England and a Yorkshire man to the bones (like a Scotsman but with the streak of generosity removed). A sailor at heart with a passion for my family, the ocean, watersports, mountains and making journeys under my own steam. Previously a Submariner and a crewman on the Swanage Lifeboat, I now spend my time as the Head teacher of Craigclowan Prep School, a vibrant and exciting shool in Perthshire, Scotland.
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