News, Press and Diary Dates
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RNLI Brighton Lifeboat launches into darkness to assist yacht on new owners maiden voyage
1st September 2010
5 shouts and the busiest Open Day ever for the volunteers of RNLI Brighton Lifeboat.
30th August 2010
RNLI volunteers assist crew of stricken yacht
10th August 2010
Station Scrapbook
Miscellaneous clippings, letters and articles, some more recent than others - most liberated from dusty boxes.
14th December 2008 Brian and Louis Rousell with Aimi Driver present the generous gift of ...
21st August 2008 As reported in yesterdays Argus, 20th August...
4th August 2008 As reported in The Argus this morning....
1st August 2008 Posters like this will be appearing all over Brighton over the next co...
22nd July 2008 The jet-ski accident of the 20th, as reported in The Argus...
9th July 2008 The Argus reported on the unmanned dingy that sparked a major search a...
6th July 2008 This was kindly sent to the station by a family who while entering Bri...
2nd June 2008 Mayday call from a fishing vessel aground .....
26th May 2008 The Argus reported on the musical duo that had been blown out to sea o...
13th May 2008 The Argus reported three girls being blown out to sea in their inflata...
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RNLI Brighton Lifeboat assists man after Pier jump. |
The crew of a local fishing boat watched as a member of the public threw a lifering to the man after he jumped fully clothed from Brighton Pier into the sea yesterday (Saturday 6th February). |
The crew of the fishing vessel 'Blue Moon' didn't see the man jump but on seeing the lifering they made way for the area. Christopher Reeves of Shoreham, the skipper of the fishing vessel said: "Initially the man was hesitant to come aboard but eventually he agreed to." Christopher and his crew hauled the man aboard and made way for Brighton Marina. A member of the Pier staff had called for an ambulance to attend the marina. RNLI Brighton Lifeboat launched to assist man's rescuers and met the group as they entered the marina. The casualty was assisted with blankets and oxygen until an ambulance arrived. Hypothermic but alert he was also suffering from neck and back pain, as such he was transferred to the Royal Sussex County Hospital for ongoing care. A spokesman for Brighton Lifeboat said "With sea temperatures approaching the lowest of the year the man was lucky to have been spotted by the fishing crew and recovered as quickly as he was". |
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