Saving lives at sea: BBC 1

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Back on BBC2 tonight 8 p.m.

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Brilliant episode tonight, pretty emotional stuff, fantastic work as always from the volunteers on the boats.

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It should be noted the lifeboat got a bit beaten up on that shout as well! Toughest shout so far for a Shannon I believe and it did well bar a few niggles , a wheelhouse drain broke and allowed water ingress and a wiper broke but the systems worked well removing unwanted water and she popped right back up under control
They are a great bit of kit for sure and the crews are really happy with them.

[Athlon]

Back on your t.v. tonight folks 8 p.m. BBC2

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Laurel Green said:

On the last shout to rescue the yacht the coxswain said that it was more luck than judgment when transferring a member of his crew aboard the yacht - I don't believe that for one minute, it was more skill than luck; proper job, and I salute you and your crew!

Mr Putt is an incredible skipper, he has just stepped away after a period as a staff Cox, but I believe he was back at the Lizard the other week!

[Athlon]

Brand new shiney series starting tonight on BBC2 at 8p.m.

It's been a busy time for the RNLI this last 18 months so hopefully they will have some great footage to show.

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maccboy said:

I've watched a few of these and have begun wondering if the donations to the RNLI have increased due to the programs, and the fact that more people would realise the situations that the volunteers put themselves into.
Some of their 'shouts' are life-threatening.

The feedback we get when fundraising is overwhelmingly positive and it almost certainly has generated more funds.

What is nice in amongst the 'channel' backlash are the positive comments from the series where ordinary people see just how much the job involves, it comes across that many folk don't realise how testing it can be on a shout. Lerwick were utfor 18 hours yesterday and last night in that storm, they must be shattered.

I do my job (fundraising Chair of a branch) to help fund the kit that keeps my mates and all the crews as safe as possible when they go on calls like that, I am proud of what we do both as a branch and the charity as a whole, ordinary people doing extraordinary things.