Crew member Ian Jewell to paddle around the coast of Cornwall to raise funds for the RNLI Ian Jewell, an active crew member with the Aberdovey RNLI will be forsaking the trusty lifeboat and outboard engines for a kayak and a set of paddles on a fund-raising trip around the Cornish coast in a couple of weeks time. |
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08/07/08 |
A busy day for the boat! click here to find out more. |
04/07/08 |
B758 'Sandwell Lifeline' back on station after refit |
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Our boat has returned from Cowes after its 3 yearly refit, in as-new condition ready to answer calls at sea. She is now fitted with the new 75 horespower yamaha engines, with a top speed of 34 knots.
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4/7/08 |
Lifeboat week programme announced |
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Our annual fundraising lifeboat week will take place in the last week of July, with lots of fun events for all the family; please come along to support us. The boat relies entirely upon voluntary contributuions. For the full programme, please visit our fundraising page on this site. |
9/06/08 |
Local fishing boat sinks on Aberdovey south spit |
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The boat is requested to make an immediate launch to a mayday call by Milford Haven Coastguard, to assist local fishing boat 'Persevere' which is sinking with 5 persons on board. The boat has taken on water through a large hole which appeared in the hull, and she was being washed into building surf on the south bank. All 5 persons were rescued and returned to Aberdovey safe and well. Attempts were made to recover the 9 tonnne vessel, however this was not possible due to grounding and the weight of the boat. The crew made every effort to recover any loose items including diesel fuel cans to prevent any environmental impact, then marked the boat with anchors and buoys to prevent it becoming a hazard to other vessels in the area. |
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8/06/08
Aberdovey crew rescue woman who falls on rocks |
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The boat is called to assist the coastguard with a woman who has slipped on rocks at Tonfanau, with injuries that include a suspected broken wrist and knee. To raise the stretcher up the loose cliffs between the beach and the road would have proved tricky, therefore the casualty was transfered to the lifeboat and brought back to a waiting ambulance in Aberdovey. |
27/04/08
Lifeboat week 2008
Aberdovey's annual fundraising week will be held this year between the 26th July and the 1st August, with all the usual events, and a few new ones! please come along to support us during the week. More details will appear on the fundraising page on this site.
11/02/08
| B758 'Sandwell Lifeline' returns to the Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes for re-fit | |
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| B758 'Sandwell Lifeline' has returned to Cowes for it's three-yearly refit. It will be away for three months. relief fleet boat B722 'Beatrice Dorothy' is now on station, fitted with the new yamaha 75hp engines, which now gives her a top speed of 34knots. B758 will be back on station for the summer, for at least another three years, before a replacement is considered in the form of a new Atlantic 85. |  |
24/01/08
Are YOU interested in joining the crew or helping with fundraising?
we are always looking for volunteers to join the crew in Aberdovey, either on the boat or as a shore helper. No experience is neccesary; the RNLI prides itself on the fact that all of their volunteers come from vastly diverse backgrounds, without neccesarily being seagoing already. All you need is to live close to the station (ideally Aberdovey or Tywyn area), be willing to train a couple of times a month and make a commitment to support the village in this unique and rewarding way.
if you are interested please click here to email us for an application form.
24/01/08
Third generation of family joins the crew
Three generations of the same family are active in Aberdyfi RNLI lifeboat station, Gwynedd, following the enrolment of 18-year-old Steve Bowen.
His father Dave and grandfather Alf are still involved at the station having served as a crew member and the deputy launching authority respectively. Steve is now a crew member and will serve beside his uncle Richard Garside on the station's Atlantic 75 lifeboat. He also appeared in an RNLI advertising campaign when he was a toddler. Another of Steve's uncles, Dave Davies volunteered with the RNLI for many years before hanging up his lifejacket to move to Shewsbury six years ago. The teenager's late uncle John Watt actively fundraised for the lifeboat station before he died in 1998. His grandfather is currently the deputy chairman of the station committee.
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Steve Bowen was a toddler when this picture of him was used by the RNLI |
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Steve, who has just completed his A levels, said he was swayed to join the RNLI crew because of the strong family connection. "In a small community like Aberydyfi, there is a good percentage of locals who are involved with at least one of the emergency services," he said. "I play a lot of sport, football for Aberystwyth Town and hockey for Dysynni team and regularly help out with hockey and football coaching sessions for local clubs, so I very much enjoy working with people and being part of a team. "That's what the RNLI is all about, but having so many friends and family involved at the station also swayed my decision to join." His father, who now volunteers as the lifeboat station's press officer, explained that Steve had played a young child who had been rescued for the RNLI advert 16 years ago, and had been photographed on the jetty. |
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24/7/07
Aberdovey Crew Help with floods in Gloucestershire |
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Robin Goodlad and Phil Bresnen have spent four days with the RNLI working in Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Working as part of the RNLI's international flood rescue team, they were involved in the rescue of 120 people, four dogs and one budgie, over four days, In the worst flooding the area has seen for over 200 years. The team used D-class and Arancia (beach rescue) boats to complete the tasks. Over 120 flood victims plus various pets, from budgies to dogs, were rescued during the RNLI’s deployment; including more than 50 flood victims in Worcestershire – where people were rescued from the roofs of their caravans in Hardlow, elderly residents were evacuated from a nursing home and a casualty was rescued from the water in Pershore. The RRU also went to the aid of people stranded by the floods in Droitwich, Kidderminster, Wick and Hawford.Over fifty people were also rescued in Gloucester and Tewkesbury – including the evacuation of a woman and her seven-month-old baby, a group of elderly people from the Royal British Legion Club, six people trapped in a pub and the evacuation of residents from a housing estate. |
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The RRU were also tasked to provide safety assistance at Castlemead and Welham Sub Power Stations, which were at severe threat from flooding. At Welham Power Station the RNLI RRU were the only emergency responders providing safety cover and the only escape route for the many people who were working hard to save it. The RNLI RRU team also participated in the delivery of water, medication and emergency service personnel including paramedics, fire brigade and a doctor. They also met an ambulance to transfer a seriously injured patient to another ambulance waiting on the opposite side of the flood waters. The provision of safety advice to hundreds of homeowners who were camping-out in their homes, to children playing in or near moving water and to members of the public attempting to transport themselves through the flood waters in hastily prepared speedboats and vehicles was also a key part of their work. During their deployment the RNLI RRU worked in coordination with Hereford & Worcester and Gloucester Fire and Rescue, and were based at local fire stations during the rescue. |
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22/8/07 |
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Jetski and Speedboat Collision |
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The boat was returning from the rescue of a kitesurfer when it was urgently retasked to deal with a collision between a speedboat and a jetski in the estuary. The man on the jetski was injured in the water, so crew member ed davies entered the water to assess the casualty and stabilise him. The casualty was carefully loaded onto the stretcher, and then transfered to the boat. Realising the seriousness of his injuries Helmsman Phil Bresnen had already requested that the coastguard request the air ambulance, which he knew would transfer him to hospital far more rapidly. The basket stretcher used on the boat was too long for the air ambulance and rather than risk transfering the casualty to a smaller spine board, a decision was made to use rescue 122, which caused quite a stir when it landed on the beach packed with holidaymakers! The casualty has since made a full recovery The full story can be read in the Spring 2008 issue of 'The Lifeboat' |
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