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A life-ring spotted in the water near West Ryde Middle buoy resulted in the launch of the Cowes RNLI lifeboat today.
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The Bembridge Lifeboat Operations Manager and the station’s long-serving volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer and Deputy Launching Authority, have swapped roles.
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Crew and lifeboats from lifeboat stations in or close-by the Solent area descended on Cowes last weekend for a grand get-together.
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Despite the strong current and water temperature (7.5 celsius - or 45.5 Fahrenheit), most of the brave swimmers finished the course and raised nearly £600 for the RNLI.
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You need to 'opt in' to receiving communications from the RNLI before a new approach to communications is adopted next year.
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Complete night-time power failure for a yacht in the Solent’s shipping lane led to the urgent launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat.
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The domestic hovercraft came into trouble when it his a rough wave and lost power. Yarmouth RNLI crew were able to rescue the passengers and craft. See photos from the rescue.
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Hundreds of pounds have been raised by estate agents Hose Rhodes Dickson for Bembridge RNLI and the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
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A number of young people were given a thorough insight into the life-saving work at Cowes lifeboat station last weekend.
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As well as praise for the efficient use of the Inshore Lifeboat centre in East Cowes, it was revealed that the Island raised £329,515 net for the RNLI in the last year.
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The Cowes RNLI was called out just before midnight on Friday night to a woman in distress on the Lord Nelson training ship.
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At 10.5 metres in width and weighing 105 tonnes, this is believed to have been the largest and heaviest tow ever carried out by the Yarmouth lifeboat.
