Why are RNLI lifeboats orange?
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Have you ever found yourself wondering exactly why are our lifeboats orange? We're here to answer that questions and give you a little history lesson with it!
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I like how you've included the colour codes
My great great aunty was Grace Darling the first woman to go out on her own to rescue some one
No she wasn’t you Walter Mitty.
My husband was once rescued by the wonderful volunteers of the RNLI. Whenever you are tempted to think 'this is becoming a terrible world' remember all the volunteers who choose to risk their own lives to save others, who go out in conditions most of us wouldn't like to go for a walk in, and at times that most of us would refuse to leave what we are enjoying, Christmas, birthdays, family occasions and after a full working day. They make fewer headlines than terrorists, murderers and abusers. Thank you, RNLI so much. Thanks isn't nearly enough.
Lovely little video.
Thank you for your service you Beautiful humans!
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Has anyone ever told you how amazing these videos are? I've subscribed to a few of your European colleagues but yours definitely stand out. Thank you for all your work
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@@rnli I totally agree with Math M, you are really doing something to inform the population while keeping a very high production quality. You deserve more subscribers and more supporters!
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Well, that "brightened" my day! - many thanks.
Thank you, John!
No pun intended
....Brllliant!..I love these "why?" type videos. Great touch having the colour codes too! Thanks for sharing the info!🇬🇧👍🚤
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Thank you to all the brave folk that put their life's at risk to save others God Bless You All at the R.N.L.I.
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I love to watch these
I liked particularly the brief black and white clip of the Newbiggin lifeboat being towed on the beach, took me back to my childhood. My mum was a member of the ladies' committee there.
I think everyone at the RNLI are amazing, brave and selfless people who keep our beaches and seas safe for all. I enjoy my regular email updates and have found them to be a source of great interest and actually, comfort, through the Covid Lockdowns. Thankyou a milion times
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Thank you for all you do.
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The boat hooks on ALB's are still blue & white as a nod to the tradition of Blue & White oars - I think the same applies to the (emergency) paddles on the B Class. D Class have plain paddles and I am not sure about E-Class & Hovercraft.
Great, thanks for sharing
My suggestion was to make crew helmets day-glow green instead of white; can't see a white helmet in a sea of white foam and spray. Thank you to all RNLI personnel for your great contribution to marine safety.
Many stations use luminous green I believe
Keep your suggestions to yourself.
@@basshunter9030Keep your comments to yourself
@@chilesauce7248 what do you know about it anyway?
i love these lifeboats. too bad i cant find any spot on schematics for them anywhere online. id like to 1:1 scale one of these as a model in a game i play. other than that. i love these boats a lot :3
Wow she fast 🙏👍🇬🇧
Thank you, almost all our lifeboats are now capable of at least 25 knots
@@rnli wow so cool
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Yellow and orange are the two most visible colours to the human eye in almost any background, hence the front of trains being yellow, a lot more visible than the old British Railways (SR and WR) green when using a rural ungated foot or road crossing.
Why are RNLI lifeboats orange? Which poses a second question, why is only the superstructure orange and not the whole vessel?
I think I can answer my own question. I saw some film taken from a light aircraft of a lifeboat undertaking a search during very foggy conditions. The orange superstructure was almost invisible in the fog, but the navy blue hull was still clearly visible. Presumably that is why the boats of your French counterparts have dark green hulls and the majority of pilot boats around the world have black hulls.
1:44 dangerous in the sense of where the crew are
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well no I have never wondered about that.
For the dinghy people can see them DOH
Is it so the French can spot them and let the migrants know when to get in the water?