R.N.L.I
- 16 September 2017 18:27333710Tuesday evening at 21-00 on b.b.c 2 a progame called " saving lives at sea.tonights programe flows the crew of the Dover, Should be worth a lookJan Higgins likes this
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
16 September 2017 18:54333713A great series that everyone should watch just to see how brave the RNLI volunteers are.
When you see how atrocious the weather can be and they repeatedly turn out to save lives in a relatively small boat.Brian Dixon likes this-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 September 2017 19:08333716All rather sad that their funding only comes from donations and nothing from public funds. Lifeboats are built with a double hull hence they are unlikely ever to sink unfortunately some go beyond the call of duty like the Penlee lifeboat all those years ago and ended up being swept on to the deck of the ship whose crew they were trying to rescue.Brian Dixon likes this
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
16 September 2017 19:25333720Unfortunately the older wooden hull lifeboats didn't have the luxury, they had a double diagonal planked hull that could deal with most that could be thrown at it but put something big and solid in its way, like the union star! and the hulls just disintegrate
Arte et Marte - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
16 September 2017 23:12333727howard mcsweeney1 wrote:All rather sad that their funding only comes from donations and nothing from public funds.
Yet another “rather uplifting” picture of a compassionate country, a Life Governor writes.
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson