St. Agnes

Long time lifeboat supporter and newly qualified Doctor Mark Savage sent these photos and words about St.Agnes lifeboat:

My sons and I have a keen interest in most maritime things, particularly the boats, crews and the work of the RNLI. We regularly visit local stations in Norfolk and enjoy viewing and photographing the boats, as well as purchases in the gift shops.

On a family holiday in Cornwall this year we accidentally discovered a station we had not previously heard of, St Agnes.

They operate a D class inshore lifeboat, the sheds being a bit further down the hill from the main building.

At the end of our afternoon on the beach it looked like they might launch and we waited for a bit, but alas nothing came of it otherwise there would have been a film to go with this.

Many thanks Dr Mark for sharing these with us and we look forwards to submissions from the southern hemisphere when you finally get there.

Port Isaac

Mike Streeter took these photos while on holiday in Cornwall.

Port Isaac has a D Class, launched by quad.




As you can see from one of the shots there is not a lot of water in the harbour at low tide, quite a long tow to launch. The harbour is used as a car park at low water!

The old lifeboat house at Port Isaac was actually about a quarter of a mile from the harbour midway up a very narrow street. Apparently the boat was manhandled down the street on a carriage. Must have been fun.

Thanks Mike for these words and pictures.

If anyone out there reading this (lifeboat tourists, crew, Headquarters staff or full time employees such as station mechanics also has lifeboat photos (Uk or international) which they would like to share on here, please email them to me at lifeboat365@gmail.com They are more likely to be included if they are accompanied by some interesting words!