Tag: rnli
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Dave Lowe
Dave Lowe, RNLI volunteer at the New Brighton RNLI station. Dave’s been a member for 2-3 years now. He followed his brother, who is the hovercraft commander, into the RNLI. Dave is the helmsman on the RNLI boat. Last run tonight. 2 – 3 miles. Drinking lots of water / gatorade and eating lots of…
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Ian Warbuton
Ian Warbuton, RNLI volunteer at the New Brighton RNLI station. He’s been a volunteer for 6 years now. He drives the tractor that pulls the RNLI launch down to the river. It’s quite a clever tractor because the cab can turn around on its own. This allows him to turn around without having to move…
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Tim Weare
Tim Weare, RNLI member at the New Brighton RNLI station.

 He’s married with 2 kids. I asked him how that is when he could be called away at any time of day to jump on a boat and save lives. He said they’re very understanding. 

His boss is too. Something that never really occurred to…
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Gary Howland
Gary Howland, RNLI volunteer at the New Brighton station…He used to work on cruise ships and moved to the area in 2003. He joined the RNLI 6 years ago because he missed getting wet. Currently studying a degree in Mechanical Engineering at JMU he hopes to get into the Merchant Navy. I did my last…