tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71430382333285401722012-01-07T08:19:55.803ZA news site for crew and supporters of Crosshaven LifeboatCrosshaven Lifeboatnoreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143038233328540172.post-29618899872074117942012-01-07T08:19:00.001Z2012-01-07T08:19:55.809Z

Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat was requested to launch by the Coast Guard at 7.30pm this evening (6 January) to a report of a red distress flare being reported by the control tower at Cork airport. A compass bearing was given which put the incident in the vicinity of the mouth of Cork harbour. The Atlantic 75 class lifeboat Miss Betty with Helm Alan Venner and lifeboat crew volunteers Ian Venner and

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Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Sunday 23 Oct) rescued one person who had become capsized from his kayak within Cork Harbour. Conditions at the time were poor with 2m seas and Gale force 8 to 9 winds. A member of the public alerted the Coast Guard at Valentia to the plight of the Kayakers near Fort Camden. Crosshaven Volunteer lifeboat launched immediately with Jonathan Grey, Vincent

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At a function on Saturday last, Gary Heslin retired from active service with the volunteer RNLI Crosshaven lifeboat after eleven years service. Gary, a firefighter with Cork City fire brigade has been a member of the crew and a Helm since the station was established in 2000. Gary now moves to the back room staff of the lifeboat station. In the photograph, Treasurer Matt Foley presents Gary

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Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat were tasked to two incidents in quick succession this evening (Wed 31 Aug). The volunteer crew were initially paged at 20.15 to a RIB (rigid inflatable Boat) with three persons on board that had broken down in the Drakes pool area of the Owenabue River. The lifeboat was quickly on scene and towed the vessel to the slipway where it was safely recovered. The lifeboat had

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A man who scrambled down a cliff to retreive his dog, ended up up being evacuated from the cliff base by Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat. At 6.10pm this evening, Valentia Coast Guard tasked the lifeboat with volunteers Vincent Fleming, Denis Cronin and Kieran Coniry to the incident at Barry Head. Oysterhaven and Crosshaven Coast Guard units were at the cliff top, but the casualty was unwilling to face

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Crosshaven RNLI is looking for people with a few hours to spare to join the fundraising branch of Crosshaven Lifeboat Station. If you can spare a few hours each year or would like to get more actively involved with the branch, then Trudy Austin, the Branch Secretary would like to hear from you. Trudy can be contacted on via the station. The AGM of Crosshaven Lifeboat station will take place in

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Crosshaven RNLI volunteer Lifeboat launched at 17.22 (18th April) after a RNLI member who was driving by noticed an elderly man clinging to the side of his boat after falling in at limekiln corner on the Owenabue River. Fortunately, volunteer Lifeboat crew were working nearby the station and the Atlantic 75 lifeboat ‘Miss Betty’ was launched almost immediately. On arrival, the by now hypothermic

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When local Businessman and keen sailor, Jim McGinley, heard that a number of the volunteer crew at Crosshaven RNLI were using Heat Holder socks when on Miss Betty, the inshore lifeboat (ILB), He decided to do something for all of the crew. Jim, Who’s company distributes the thermal socks, arrived at the lifeboat Station with 30 pairs of the socks to be distributed to the crew and shore helpers

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A day of tragedy and drama unfolded today (20 Jan) when the volunteers of Crosshaven RNLI Station were tasked to an incident where a small fishing boat with two persons onboard had capsized close to the shoreline, West of Ringabella Bay. The informant was the Skipper of the vessel after he had managed to swim to shore and run through fields to raise the alarm. His crewman was missing. A major

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Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat has finished 2010 with two services on the last day of the first decade,making 2010 the busiest year of its 10 year existence. The Volunteer crew members were awoken by pagers just after 4am, and requested to launch to the aid of a woman on rocks near Myrtleville. A combined rescue operation by the RNLI, Fire Service, Crosshaven Coastguard and the HSE brought the women

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A major rescue operation swung into operation on Saturday Morning ( 13 Nov) outside Cork Harbour when a 27’ fishing boat sank in minutes with two people on board. At 11.19am , Valentia Coast Guard alerted Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat that the fishing Vessel was in serious trouble off the Church Bay area and requested an immediate launch. Crosshaven lifeboat launched within 5 minutes and with its

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Preliminary figures for summer 2010, issued today (22 September) by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), show the charity’s Irish lifeboats launched on average five times every day during June, July and August. RNLI lifeboats were requested to launch 450 times during June, July and August. The busiest station in Ireland with an Inshore Lifeboat was Crosshaven with 19 launches. The

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This afternoon (Saturday 28 Aug) , Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat went to the aid of a 27’ Yacht with a fire in the engine compartment that was being towed into Crosshaven by a passing Rib. On scene, Volunteer crew member Warren Forbes (a F/T Fireman) went aboard and checked the hatch. He decided that the amount of smoke in the cabin area was too dangerous to enter without BA Equipment. He transferred

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Crosshaven RNLI Inshore Lifeboat undertook one of their longest distance services when they were tasked at 17.02 to a 10m Rib on passage from Falmouth to Baltimore, 12 miles south of Roches Point, when one of the crew suffered a suspected spinal injury. The Lifeboat transferred crewman Kevin Higgins onto the casualty vessel who assessed the injured crewman in radio consultation with the lifeboat

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This evening the volunteer Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat went to the aid of an eighteen foot yacht on passage from the Kinsale area to Crosshaven. The yacht with two persons on board suffered mechanical failure and was having trouble making way into a headwind. Initially, the yacht was assisted by the motor Cruiser “Callie” who took them on initial tow and informed the Coastguard in Valentia who made

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A women out walking her dog had a lucky escape this afternoon when she became trapped in mud near Hop Island in Cork harbour on a rising tide.The women went after her dog which ran onto the mud banks and becametrapped. With the tide rising rapidly, The Crosshaven volunteer RNLI Lifeboat was launchedat 15.09 and crewed by volunteers Vincent Fleming, Bernard Lynch and Dennis Cronin.The Coastguard

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At 2245 this evening, Crosshaven Volunteer RNLI Lifeboat was launched to rescue a 26’ motor boat with two people on board which had suffered mechanical problems in Lough Mahon near Blackrock Castle . On arrival it was seen that the motor boat had grounded on the falling tide. With no possibilty of recovering the vessel, the Lifeboat took off the crew and landed them ashore. An attempt to refloat

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Whilst on exercise on Sunday 6th December, Crosshaven volunteer RNLI Lifeboat happened upon 9 (nine) people floundering in the water at Lough Mahon in the upper Cork harbour area. The nine people in the water were the cox’n and 8 rowers from the UCC Rowing club. Conditions in Lough Mahon were described as rough with a westerly Force 7 wind blowing which swamped the Rowing boat causing it to

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On the 8th March last, one of the largest Rescue operations in the Cork harbour area swung into action when a car drove off the cross river ferry between Passage West and Cobh.Two occupants of the vehicle were seen in the river immediately afterwards and Mr John Geary who lives near the ferry, heard the commotion and saw Lifebouys being thrown into the water from the ferry.In the failing light,

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In the first coastal review for five years, Royal National Lifeboat Institution inspectors have praised Crosshaven Lifeboat Station as an excellently run station and said they were highly delighted with the standards maintained there.The team of seven inspectors were led by Rear Admiral John Tolhurst CB, and was comprised of Michael Vlasto, the Operations Director, Peter Killen , the Irish

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A lone sailor was plucked to safety this evening moments before his 36' motor launch sank off Roberts Cove, Southwest of Cork Harbour by Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat. The Lifeboat launched at 19.29 with Volunteer RNLI crew of Kieran Coniry, Con Crowley and Gus O’Donovan and was on scene some 15 minutes later. On arrival the vessel was half submerged and sank a few minutes later. It is believed the

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Seven youths had a very lucky escape early this morning when the small 7’ punt they were in capsized between Crosshaven and Currabinny. Valentia Coastguard received multiple 999 calls at 0052 after their shouts for help were heard by local villagers and live aboard yachtsman. Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat immediately launched with RNLI volunteers Ian Venner as Helm and Vincent Fleming & Kevin Higgins

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The Volunteer Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat were paged this afternoon ,shortly before 1pm after a 40’ yacht sent out a Mayday Radio call after becoming entangled in nets approximately 3 miles south of Roches Point and near to the Cork Buoy. The Lifeboat was launched within 6 minutes and was helmed by RNLI Volunteer Con Crowley with Vincent Fleming & Denis Cronin. On Scene, the angling boat “Jon Boy”

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Alex Whitworth in CrosshavenRound the World Yachtsman, Alex Whitworth who is currently in Crosshaven in his Brolga 33' in which he has circumnavigated the world, sailed the North West passage and competed in every Sydney - Hobart since 1985, with a class win under his belt, - just to name a few, has quite a few tales to tell of his adventures.Alex has kindly agreed to give a talk and slide show

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Michael Meade & Kieran Coniry being filmedLocal Trawlerman and Volunteer RNLI crewman, Michael Meade from Crosshaven is one of anumber of Trawlermen around the Country who are being filmed as part of a TV documentary series to be called “Skippers”.The series, being filmed by independent TV Company , Open Eye TV, follows the life of variousSkippers, their crews and problems as they try to make a

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Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat Station will hold its Annual Station Open Day on Sunday 7th June between 1pm and 6pm at the Hugh Coveny Pier in Crosshaven. A great day of festivities is promised.The Lifeboat Station and the Atlantic Class Lifeboat “Miss Betty” will be open to the public, with Volunteer lifeboat crew members on hand to show the public around. The Lifeboat and its volunteer Crews will

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Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat and it’s volunteer Crews had a busy Easter weekend with callouts on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Easter Weekend.The first call was to a sailor with a head injury. Volunteer Crew member Gary Heslin boarded the yacht and administered First Aid whilst the yacht was escorted to the Lifeboat Station and the casualty handed over to the Ambulance service.The second and

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Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat was paged at 18.41 last evening (Sunday 8 March) to reports of a vehicle in the water having slipped off the cross river ferry at Glenbrook. The Lifeboat, helmed by David Venner with crew Kevin Higgins and Ian Venner was launched at 18.46 and made best speed to the incident. On arrival it was confirmed that one person had made it ashore, and that one other person was

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At 1614 today Crosshaven Lifeboat crew were paged to a report of a diver failing to surface 5 miles south east of Roches Point. Rescue 117, Ballycotton Lifeboat and Crosshaven Coastguard boat were also tasked to the incident, and the motor vessels Jon Boy and Hyland Lass, along with a 7.5m rib, responded to the Coastguard's Mayday Relay.On arriving at the last reported position of the dive rib,

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At 15.22 on Saturday Crosshaven Lifeboat crew was requested to launch to the assistance of a 23' motorboat reported on the rocks at Whitebay in Cork Harbour. Under the command of Kieran Coniry, the lifeboat was underway six minutes later with its crew of volunteers on board. On arriving on scene, the lifeboat found the casualty vessel with one adult and two young girls on board firmly aground on

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With just under half the year gone, Crosshaven Lifeboat has a total of 25 services to date, with 4 over a 2-day period on the weekend of the 21 & 22 June. Early Saturday morning, the boat was launched to a powerboat lost & aground in poor visibility. Later that afternoon, a 30' yacht was disabled off Crosshaven and was towed in. On Sunday, while on exercise, the crew responded to reports of a 34'

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Last weekend Saturday 13th of April there were 3 callouts. The weekend started with the boat attending a National Civil Defence Exercise (more details below). Not long after the crew left the station, the “Miss Betty” once again launched to an inflatable dinghy in trouble off Roches point area with one person on board. The dinghy was taking on water and it was escorted in by the lifeboat to

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Sunday, May 18th, sees Crosshaven Lifeboat Station opening its doors again this year to all friends and supporters. On the day there will be face-painting, entertainment, sea safety messages, a chance to meet the crew (and maybe Stormy Stan) as well as regular demonstrations by the volunteer crew on board "Miss Betty".More details will be announced closer to the date.

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Crosshaven Lifeboat finished 2007 with 44 services in total. These services ranged from the mundane to the life threatening, including serious head injuries, fire on a small powerboat and 12 people on a beach in danger of being cut off by the tide, through to the rescue of two fishermen from their liferaft 14 miles south east of Roches Point at night. In addition to these, the lifeboat launched

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Following on from the largest number ever rescued by Crosshaven Lifeboat on Sunday last, on 11 September Crosshaven Lifeboat rescued 2 fishermen from their liferaft 16 miles from Crosshaven Lifeboat station. Their fishing gear had snagged on an underwater obstruction and they took to a liferaft and activated their EPIRB. The fishermen also contacted the coastguard by mobile phone. The lifeboat

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While afloat overseeing the progress of the Centra Triathlon Swim on a fantastic sunny Sunday afternoon on 9th September, Crosshaven Lifeboat was tasked to Whitebay where the Coastguard had received reports of a large number of people trapped by the incoming tide. Crosshaven Lifeboat proceeded at 1605 and was on scene just a few minutes later, where 12 beachgoers were seen in a bay to the South

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As crews were tidying up after another successful Open Day on Saturday 11th August, radio traffic was overheard from a yacht off East Ferry which had just recovered a MOB and required medical assistance. Not waiting for the pagers, a crew quickly changed and the lifeboat was underway in less than three minutes. A 14 year old boy had been hit by the boom and knocked overboard, but was recovered

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Our annual Open Day will be held this Saturday, 11 August, from 1400 to 1700. Take the opportunity to visit our station, see the lifeboat and meet some of our crew. There will also be lifeboat demonstrations - weather/operational requirements permitting.

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To make it easier to keep our news up to date, we have launched a new blog! This will enable more regular news postings. You can also subscribe to a news feed below to let you know when there is an update.

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On 27 October 2005, RNLI Crosshaven’s Atlantic 75 class lifeboat (RNLB Rotaract 1 – on station relief duty) was launched following reports of a surfer in difficulty in Fennel’s Bay, southwest of Crosshaven. Whilst en route to Fennell’s Bay in a force 8 gale with a 5 metre swell in Cork Harbour’s approach channel, Helmsman Aidan O’Connor had to continually tack across breaking seas. Although

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Crosshaven's annual Station Open day takes place from 1400 to 1800 on Sunday 28 August. Come and visit the station, talk to the crew, tour the lifeboat and enjoy the fun. It will bring an end to the "Lifeboat Weekend" being held by the Crosshaven Vintners with a progressive dinner and lots of other events.

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Crosshaven RNLI fundraising branch are delighted to announce the first ever coffee-morning to be held in the Lifeboat Station. It takes place on 7th July at 11:00. Admission is €2 and the morning includes raffles, spot prizes and a tour of Crosshaven Lifeboat. All welcome.

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A cheque for EUR2,500 was presented to Anne Sweeney (Area Organiser, RNLI) and Phil Maguire-Hähnel (Lifeboat Press Officer, Crosshaven Lifeboat) by the students of the National Maritime College in Ringaskiddy. This will go to fund training of crewmembers, and crewmembers Aidan O'Connor, Ritchie Kelleher and Kevin Higgins took the lifeboat around to the College pontoon to thank the fundraisers for

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Crosshaven Lifeboat crew held their annual Christmas party and awards night on Saturday 5th February in Buckleys Pub, Crosshaven. Retiring crew, John Mulcahy, Trudy Hyde, Derry O'Sullivan (DLA) and Hugh Mockler (LOM) were presented with the traditional cast bronze statue of an inshore lifeboatman. Hugh was also presented with a framed picture of "Miss Betty" in full flight to mark his service as

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Ian Venner attended the opening of the Lifeboat College with 232 other Coxwains and Helmsmen from all the stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland. The college was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II, the patron of the Institution. The event was covered in the Irish Examiner. Also visit our Gallery for photos of the college.

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At a recent function, the crew presented bronze statues of inshore lifeboatmen to retiring crewmembers Paul Brierley and Ruairi Higgins. The statues, from sculptor Anthony Powell in the UK, are cast in bronze and are limited edition.

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On Tuesday 16th December, Crosshaven Lifeboat Station went live with the new CallOut And Communication System, or "COACS", for alerting crew to a launch. This system is common across all lifeboat stations, and enables the Coastguard to pass information to the crew by text messaging pagers or a printout in the station. The system can be activated by the Coastguard, Launch Authorities or directly

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Crosshaven Lifeboat Station will be firing two maroons from this weekend each time the lifeboat launches on service. Maroons, which are similar to flares, go up to one thousand feet and explode with a loud bang. Before telephones and modern paging systems, maroons were the only way to call out the crew in the past. The RNLI continues to use them nowadays to signal to the casualty that the

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The Crosshaven RNLI race night at the Curraheen Dog Track in Bishopstown was a fantastic success with over €10,000 being raised for the lifeboat station in Crosshaven. There was a very good attendance at the outing with over 200 corporate tickets sold for the event with many local companies buying tables and everyone certainly enjoying the atmosphere, keeping a close eye of the form, with some

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'Miss Betty' returned to Crosshaven on Wednesday 24 September. The boat had been in Cowes undergoing repairs following the damage on service. She is now back on service and safeguarding the mariners around Cork Harbour! B-774 is on station at Helvick Head while their station boat goes for a four-yearly refit.

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'Miss Betty' suffered hull damage during the search on Tuesday morning (see Shouts 14/03). The lifeboat was taken off service that morning, and a relief lifeboat, B-774 'Braemar' was despatched from Cowes and placed on service around Wednesday mid-day. The crew anxiously await news of the 'Miss Betty' and look forward to her return. Unfortunately, the service in question was a hoax, which

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Crosshaven Lifeboat Station's first Open Day was a roaring success; the station was packed with visitors all afternoon. Kinsale Lifeboat also visited, and the crowds were entertained by a barbershop quartet. In addition, the crew launched the boat every hour for Man Over Board demonstrations. The Chairman, Michael Good, handed a cheque for €18k to Claire Sweeney, Area Organiser with RNLI, which

Crosshaven Lifeboatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143038233328540172.post-83731709846272882552003-06-08T22:36:00.000+01:002007-08-01T22:37:00.403+01:00

Crosshaven Lifeboat Station will have its first ever Open Day on Sunday, 6 July 2003. The station will be open for all visitors and further details will be announced closer to the date.

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We have dedicated a whole page to our opening - follow this link. It will be updated as stories become available. Photos are in our gallery.

Crosshaven Lifeboatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143038233328540172.post-79343202935861759662002-09-25T22:39:00.000+01:002007-08-01T22:40:31.032+01:00

Saturday 19 October has been announced as the date of the Official Opening of Crosshaven Lifeboat Station and the naming ceremony of the new lifeboat B-782 "Miss Betty. The station will be opened by Terence Johnston, Chairman of the Irish Committee of Management. The lifeboat will be handed into the care of Crosshaven Lifeboat Station and officially named. The ceremony will start at 1500 and all

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On Sunday, 28 July a fleet of ribs taking part in the Rib Magazine Round Ireland Rib Challenge will call into Crosshaven for lunch. The fleet will be lead in by Team Chernobyl, a 6m SNRM with two of our helms (Alan and David Venner) on board. The event starts in Kilmore Quay, stopping off in Baltimore, Fenit, Newport, Killybegs, Lough Swilly, Cushendall, and Dun Laoghaire before returning to

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On Thursday 27 June, Atlantic 75 B-782 Miss Betty finally arrived in Crosshaven. This lifeboat will remain in the station for many years to come except when it is undergoing maintenance. The lifeboat was greeted by all the crew and branch committee, and many of the local community turned out to watch also. Our neighbours in Ballycotton also made the trip around in their lifeboat to welcome the

Crosshaven Lifeboatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143038233328540172.post-92020419468016338502002-05-22T22:42:00.000+01:002007-08-01T22:42:42.086+01:00

On Wednesday, 22 May, Atlantic 75 B-718 "Rotaract I" took up temporary station duty in Crosshaven. This boat will be used to train crew on the Atlantic 75 type of lifeboat. It will also be used to train crew in using the davit system of launching when they move into their new station. The new station should be occupied in early June. B-575 has returned to ILC Cowes where it will again become part

Crosshaven Lifeboatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143038233328540172.post-4747765907248775852001-09-22T22:43:00.000+01:002007-08-01T22:43:28.849+01:00

At about 1930 Wednesday 17 September, the Honorary Secretary of Crosshaven Lifeboat was contacted by a member of the RNLI engineering crew. En route from Crosshaven to Courtmacsherry, the engineer had come across the floods in Carrigaline & was assisting the emergency services with the flood relief work & more personnel were needed.Several of the crew were contacted by telephone and assembled at

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