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[Dan White]

Plymouth! I've been based there most of my career & I used to live in the Barbican - I love the place. Family are all Cornish so Hereford is practically northern and I'll probably end up back south.

[Rich2484]

lifeboat launched to a liferaft spotted 3 miles off st margarats. wind is 30-50 mph gusts. sea state is rough to very rough.

 

lifeboat still out and making way to a ferry "delft seaways" standing by it.

[Rich2484]

1 oclock and lifeboat is out in search of a 12-16 man liferaft spotted in the english channel.

 

update when more is known.

[Hanser]

Good work and keep safe.

[Rich2484]

Update, it was a 35 man raft, it was reported missing from a vessel, so once the I.D of it was found it was confirmed.

 

Another one blown from a ship, but thankfully it was nothing bad. Boat was back in at 6am, and I have just got out of bed.

[Rich2484]

dover lifeboat called out to a yaught that is dead in the water.

 

once on scene it was discovered the yaught was also towing a small motor cabin cruiser. so both vessels under tow by lifeboat.

 

there is a bit more to this story aswell but as of yet nothing to be told on open forum.

[MattyF]

dover lifeboat called out to a yaught that is dead in the water.

 

 

 

once on scene it was discovered the yaught was also towing a small motor cabin cruiser. so both vessels under tow by lifeboat.

 

 

 

there is a bit more to this story aswell but as of yet nothing to be told on open forum.

 

 

Tease !!

 

 

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[Rich2484]

Driver walks away with just minor injuries after his Ford Focus plunges 80ft off vertical cliff and is smashed on rocks below | Mail Online

 

Lucky duck.......

[Stubby]

So he would be a " platform Driver " as opposed to a " Deep Sea Driver " then Rich ? .....

[Rich2484]

What an afternoon that was.....

 

Went down station for lunch, and they where working on the boat. A steering hyd ram end seal was leaking, so a new ram turned up. They had spent the morning trying to fit it. So I jumped in and helped. Got it fitted by about 5 but on testing the seal had blown. So after some thoughts a divisional technician was sent down as the lifeboat was off service.

 

So after me and the tech had head scratched we decided to take the end cap off the old one and put it on the new one. Two hours later it was fixed and not leaking. The seal on the new ram had Ben pinched on fitting. A new seal kit had been better but the shops had shut and one delivered from Poole would have not got here until morning.

 

But boat back on service and all fixed. A good knowledge learnt from my life in ag had come into play.

 

And the best ish part is after talking to the tech and the divisional staff they have offered me a sort of job. My name is head of the list to be a div tech...

 

25k per year... Not sure what to do.