dralex
Well-Known Member
I have just had the most amazing day. I've got a new job in Brixham and am in the process of joining the lifeboat crew, as well as moving my boat to Brixham Marina.
Torbay have had a relief boat on station since the summer while the existing boat had a refit. I had a place on the delivery passage today and left Brixham at 1130 hours. I fully assumed I was going to be the monkey, chief coffee maker and door mat. NOT TO BE. I helmed a Severn Class Boat for about an hour and a half, including Portland Race, then continued into Weymouth where, understandably, the Cox took over to park the £2M worth of boat.
Now I come from a sailing background and am used to passage planning at 6-7knots and being bullied by tides. It's a different world doing 22 knots, in the warm and dry, while sitting on comfortable bouncy shock absorbed seats splashing coffee over your face and groin. Lyme By flew by like hyperspace on space films.
We changed some kit over in Weymouth, then continued on to Poole when we had a call from Whisky Bravo asking if they could practice some high lining and stretcher transfers with us!!!! THe expression PIG IN SH** came to mind several times.
Before I did this, my wife and I were discussing how lucky we all are to live in a country where there is such a superb rescue service to look help us when we get into trouble during our leisure pursuits. This is not meant to rekindle the never ending argument about the RNLI and that is not what thispost is about.
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I'm going to try and get some photos in now.
Torbay have had a relief boat on station since the summer while the existing boat had a refit. I had a place on the delivery passage today and left Brixham at 1130 hours. I fully assumed I was going to be the monkey, chief coffee maker and door mat. NOT TO BE. I helmed a Severn Class Boat for about an hour and a half, including Portland Race, then continued into Weymouth where, understandably, the Cox took over to park the £2M worth of boat.
Now I come from a sailing background and am used to passage planning at 6-7knots and being bullied by tides. It's a different world doing 22 knots, in the warm and dry, while sitting on comfortable bouncy shock absorbed seats splashing coffee over your face and groin. Lyme By flew by like hyperspace on space films.
We changed some kit over in Weymouth, then continued on to Poole when we had a call from Whisky Bravo asking if they could practice some high lining and stretcher transfers with us!!!! THe expression PIG IN SH** came to mind several times.
Before I did this, my wife and I were discussing how lucky we all are to live in a country where there is such a superb rescue service to look help us when we get into trouble during our leisure pursuits. This is not meant to rekindle the never ending argument about the RNLI and that is not what thispost is about.
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I'm going to try and get some photos in now.
