May 2010

The Mayor of Bracknell Forest completes a year of fund raising for the Bembridge Appeal

Submitted by coxswain on 7 May, 2010 - 20:09
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Bracknell Mayor marvels at new RNLI lifeboat station he has helped to build

The Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough of Bracknell Forest (Berkshire), Councillor Bob Wade, the Mayoress Maggie Wade and the Chairman of the Crowthorne & District RNLI, Anthony Cox and guests were invited to take a look at the work-in-progress at the Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station, to see where their fundraising efforts have been used.

Councillor Wade, who in May 2010 finishes his term as Mayor, has spent the last year helping to raise funds for the Bembridge Operations Room and Galley

May Services

Submitted by coxswain on 5 May, 2010 - 19:13
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We launched on Thursday 20th at 02:26 to assist a small angling vessel the “Cormorant” that had become unsure of its position as thick fog came down.

The casualty had contacted the Coastguard by mobile phone informing them they thought their position was near the lifeboat station so on launching with the visibility down to less than 30 metres in places the lifeboat made its way slowly towards the east, luckily the casualty managed to find a hand held radio and we were able to DF the casualty in the opposite direction towards Seaview.