Station Open Day Announced

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.

Station Opening and Naming

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.

Station Official Opening 19 October

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 are welcome to attend. Complimentary refreshments will be served in the Royal Cork YC afterwards. The crew will host a party there that night, tickets available on the door, all welcome.

Round Ireland Rib Challenge

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 Kilmore Quay one week later. The event is in aid of the RNLI, so keep an eye out for them as they pass! The fleet will be met by Crosshaven Lifeboat and a fundraising BBQ will be held at about 1300 on Sunday. Follow their progress on www.ribchallenge.co.uk.

Station boat B-782 arrives in Crosshaven

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 new boat. The crew had moved into our new station only four days earlier in anticipation of the new arrival.

Relief boat B-718 arrives in Crosshaven

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 of the relief fleet.

Crosshaven Lifeboat moves inland - The Carrigdhoun

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 the lifeboat station where they donned drysuits, thermal undersuits and lifejackets and headed for Carrigaline by road. They were forced to walk from the GAA club due to the extent of the flooding. Having helped several individuals out of stranded cars, attention turned to a roadside house with elderly inhabitants which was well under water. The crew entered the house, with water levels waist high at times. The inhabitants were evacuated to the care of Carrigaline Fire Brigade. Conditions were very difficult on scene with the surge knocking one fireman off his feet.With all individuals out of danger, the crew left the scene and returned to station. Though the RNLI exists to save lives at sea, exceptions are often made in such circumstances. Last year extensive inland flood relief work was performed during the UK floods by RNLI crews and boats. During the entire incident on Wednesday, the lifeboat itself and the remainder of the crew were available to respond to any marine emergency as is the case 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.