A voluntary organisation keeping a visual watch along UK shores

LYME LIFEBOAT CALLED TO STRANDED BEACH WALKERS

13th January 2018.  Lyme Regis RNLI lifeboat was launched following a report that two people appeared to be cut off by the tide between the West Dorset resort and Charmouth.

The alarm was raised by National Coastwatch volunteer Howard Lyne who was on duty at the NCI Charmouth look-out station and the lifeboat was at sea within seven minutes of the coastguard request to launch which was given at 2.40pm. After a comprehensive shoreline search by the lifeboat crew nothing was found and coastguards called off the operation. Lifeboat Operations Manager Nick Marks said: ’It seems the two people made their own way to safety but this shout demonstrated how well the Coastwatch volunteers, the coastguards and ourselves can work together. And it is always better to be safe than sorry.”

Photograph courtesy of the Midweek Herald

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Currently almost 60 National Coastwatch stations are operational and manned by over 2600 volunteer watchkeepers around the British Isles from Fleetwood in the North West, through Wales, to the South and East of England to Filey in North Yorkshire. 

National Coastwatch watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to deal with emergencies offering a variety of skills and experience, and full training by the National Coastwatch ensures that high standards are met.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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