Our hearts are broken to the passing of Lisa Marie Presley. Natasha is especially hit hard as she is the biggest Elvis fan I have ever known. We send our prayers and thoughts to Priscilla and Lisa's 3 children. America lost our Princess... In today's episode we finally got to see a glimpse into the Royal National Lifeboat Institution! What a fabulous organization that does life saving work and at a volunteer level! This was very inspiring to us and we applaud every member! Non-profits work so very hard and the RNLI is no exception! We are honored to have this platform to learn about organizations such as this and plan to look into more in the near future. If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support any RUclips channel and it's FREE! Also please click the Like button. Thanks so much for watching!
I was dismayed at the news this morning. The first report that I had read stated that she had been rushed to hospital. The next confirmed that she had passed. 54 is no age at all.
RNLI are traffickers for illegals the French kick out terrorist rapist robbers & killers the UK is the new Alcatraz for the worlds criminals & terrorist
We must never forget the Crew of the Penlee Lifeboat Crew who lost their Lives on the Solomon Browne Lifeboat on 19th December 1981 a total of 16 lives were lost, 8 of those lives were the 8 man Crew of the Solomon Browne. Rest In Peace Guys and thank you for your Service. Stand Down Your Duty is Done.
I'm from Penzance, I wasn't alive when it happened but I know a few descendents of the crew members and think about them a lot in late December especially when seeing the Xmas lights at Mousehole.
I was a student nurse at the main hospital in Truro (Treliske) at the time the Solomon Browne/Union Star disaster. The hospital was on standby, but sadly no one arrived. I since moved and now live in Penzance, having retired from nursing and have come to know some of the families of the lifeboat crew, both when volunteering as an auxiliary coastguard watchkeeper many moons ago, and more recently as a water safety advisor with the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with links to the Penlee Lifboat at their station in Newlyn, the successor of the stricken 'Solomon Browne'. The volunteers range from the crew of the lifeboat (Coxwain - 'captain' and the station mechanic are employed as they have to be available 2/47). There is a documentary you can find here on RUclips called The Cruel Sea - The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster which while hearbreaking, makes copelling viewing. There have been a number of lifeboat crews lost in action over the 200 years the RNLI has been going (2024 is the 200th anniversary) which shows the dedication of the lifeboat crews (which also have women these days) and their courage. Also there are fundraisers, water safety teams that educate the public about water safety and also goes into schools to educate children, volunteers that run RNLI shops, womens guilds that also hlp fundraise etc. To find out more, visit rnli.org and look out for a BBC series called 'Saving Lives at Sea' that looks at the work of the lifeboats around the UK.
Thanks so much for featuring our lifesaving charity on your channel and hello to all our brilliant supporters in the USA. Thanks to the amazing supporters who fund our work, our brave volunteer lifeboat crews and our beach lifeguards have been able to save more than 143,000 lives around the coast of the UK and Ireland since 1824.
Please don't thank us! Our deepest respect and heartfelt thanks to YOU!! We are so proud to have learned about your incredible charity! God Bless you! 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
Last Saturday 18th March 2023 a wedding was taking place I believe in Cornwall and before the service began the vicar asked for all electronics be turned off with the exception of lifeboat pagers. Good call because pagers started as service started and pagers went off and 5 guests ran to the call 2 people cut off by incoming tide. Thank God for RNLI. Great show on BBC2 if you are ever able to access this called SAVING LIVES AT SEA which is all about the shouts from all around Britain and Ireland 🇮🇪 🏴🏴🏴 the situations are frightening and truly amazing 👏 Wonderful charity
@@TheNatashaDebbieShowThe RNLI operates in 5 jurisdictions the UK and ROI and the Crown Dependencies they have been in Ireland since their foundation in 1824 they are tasked by the Irish Coastguard and HM Coastguard for sea rescue both of which maintain fleets of inshore lifeboats but the RNLI Offshore and Inshore boats outnumber both coastguards boat fleets. Sir William Hillary was manx and the original station is in the Isle of Man. They even have inland stations in England,Scotland and Ireland along with flood rescue. All weather boats can be kept afloat, carriage launch or slip launch. There are shore crew and volunteer fundraiser crew. They even have hover craft.
We here in Germany have a similar organisation to the RNLI. The DGzRS is a privat non-profit organisation that safeguards the coastlines of Germanys North and Baltik coast. The motto of those brave volunteers is "Get out when others are coming in" together with "that others may live" and the 60 Seenotkreuzer had to go out nearly 1900 times in 2022 to brace the elements and rescue people. Their distinctive white and red coloured ships are a regular sight along the german coast and they, like all men and women in this profession, deserve our highest respect for risking their lives so that others may live!
In Britain , the courage of the RLNI is a legend . In old times , people in rowing boats facing death . Today incredible courage and they are volunteers . What can be said for these people that is enough .
Thank you for covering my favourite charity. Volunteers have to be 17 to 55 for the inshore lifeboats (inflatables) or 65 for the larger all weather lifeboats. They have saved 142,900 lives since 1824. Most crew are volunteers the all weather lifeboats all have a full time mechanic who is an employee. One of the organisations that make me proud to be British
I listened to a podcast to mark the 40th Anniversary of the loss of the Solomon Browne on Radio 4 (available on BBC Sounds) the sudden radio silence as contact is lost between Falmouth Coastguard and the lifeboat is spine chillingly awful. To them the idea of leaving anyone on board the Union Star was just inconceivable. Such unbelievable brave men. RIP gentlemen.
Remembering the RNLI lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole in Cornwall, who went to the aid of the coastal vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had rescued four people, both vessels were lost with all 16 hands hands lost, including the eight volunteer lifeboatmen. Rest easy, duty done.
@@lynneedwards4538 The helicopter pilot who was flying over head that night was on exchange from the American coastguard. He saw all the events of that terrible night. All the bravery and the final loss of the lifeboat.
It was in the summer following the disaster I was on holiday in Cornwall. One evening my friend and I took a walk through Mousehole. Seeing candles alight in the front windows of some of the houses was a very moving experience that I will never forget.
RNLI, Stands for Royal National Lifeboat Institute. I've watched numerous of your videos and enjoy them. I am a crew member of the RNLI on the Isle of wight
@@Parker_Douglas They are refugees fleeing certain death! What would you do when your only hope for survival is a rickety boat and a few hundred miles of treacherous ocean? They literally have no choice! 😢
Just watching a programme which told the story of our local lifeboat station in West Cornwall. In 1907 they saved 407 people from one ship, not one life lost, in the dark in an Atlantic storm. In rowing boats, in total darkness. Insane.
Watch the "Penlee lifeboat disaster," its about an hour long, and quite sad, but shows the dedication and bravery of the crews who man volunteer for the RNLI.
I did much of this training but the difference is that I was in the Royal Navy and I was getting paid for it. These people do this from the goodness of their hearts .
@The Natasha & Debbie Show A pleasure. It was never work , it was what I always wanted to do . Unfortunately, after fourteen years, I lost midrange frequencies in my right ear and being a radio operator, there was no option but medical retirement 😢. I would do it all again without a shadow of doubt
I am a long time supporter of the RNLI and when my mother passed away , donated to have her name put on the Wells lifeboat, something I am so proud of.
The RLNI rescued my brother from a capsized yacht in the Menai Straits which is a stretch of water between North Wales and the Island of Anglessey. So vital work and kudos to all involved
St John ambulance is a great charity. One of which I was a member of for 4 years. Our late Queen was the head of it all. The history of it stretches back to a knight of St John from the crusades. The cross of which is still worn on the uniform today.
We are so proud of our RNLI. My daughter is named after Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper who in 1838 rowed out over a mile with her father during a storm in Northumberland to rescue the passengers and crew of a stricken vessel. Making two trips to rescue all the survivors. she was awarded the silver medal for gallantry from the RNLI.
Hi ladies just found your Chanel and have been binge watching ..I’m in the U.K. and I live in the lizard Cornwall …my husband is currently a lifeboat crew member on the RNLI ROSE 16-20 stationed at the lizard point which is the most southerly point in the U.K. our coast line is very treacherous many ships and boats ,people have been lost around our coastline …my husband has been with the RNLI for about 15 years now and has been out in all weathers and severe storms and has rescued many people …I am very proud of my husband and all of the RNLI around the U.K. THE RNLI are one big family we all love and support each other ,many meals and get togethers ,bbq,parties missed because pagers have gone off mid meal or party ,but that’s what they do save lives at sea ,so Thank you for showing this on your Chanel ladies…and sending love and prayers to all rescuers out there …oh! and love you millions hubby 🩵💙🩵
BBCs Saving Lives at Sea, is a series following a number of RNLI crews throughout UK, and Ireland with real-time footage of various operations and rescues. As an ex Royal Navy Sailor and now working offshore I am forever in awe of what these volunteers do for the country. Truly one of our great institutions! Keep up the great work ladies! 1m and counting 🤞😀
as an ex royal navy sailor what do you think about the RNLI trafficking criminals into our country all day everyday and has been doing so for at least 3 years? (excluding the last 9 days, apparently)
@@Bar_Steward they go out and risk their own lives for these people who are illegal immigrants to our great country..ask a RNLI volunteer and they will say a life is a life but privately I think their opinion might differ..they are being used by these people who PURPOSELY damage their boats so they have to be rescued..ok save them but then take them back to france..
You should check out the story of Grace Darling who 1n 1815 with her father went out in a row boat when the sea was too rough for the lifeboat to launch and rescued five people from the rocks. Or the Lynton rescue where the people of the town dragged a 10-ton lifeboat at night in a storm 13 miles over a large hill to make a rescue.
Grace was born in 1815 but the rescue was in 1838, right at the start of Queen Victoria's reign. She died young in 1842. I once visited the Longstone Lighthouse in the Farne Islands (where Grace and her father lived), now a museum, which you can visit by boat and there is also another small museum dedicated to her on the mainland at Bamburgh, Northumberland. The name plate of the wrecked ship whose crew was rescued, the SS "Forfarshire", is displayed in the Olde Ship Inn at nearby Seahouses.
The RNLI don't only operate in the UK but they are also the volunteer service/charity here in Ireland that go out if necessary. They are the only charity I support every year, I know a number of fisherman whose boats have sunk and it was the RNLI who saved them [not necessarily in bad weather, many are small boats out fishing in Dublin Bay and fishing boats from other countries often used to ram and sink them (not sure if it still happens) which is when the RNLI boat would be called out. We have a station where I used to live and my Order of Malta unit would turn out to support them every year for their major fund raising day in the summer.
Hey both, I'm a long time subscriber but never usually comment but here goes. That bit that looks like a fairground ride is actually the boat launch. Most of the stations are way above ground because of the difference between land and sea levels that they use a large steep ramp to launch the boats without the use of tractors or trucks to move to boat into the sea. Also there is no upper age restriction the rule is as long as you pass the yearly physicals and are still willing you can carry on. They do have RNLI juniors groups to involve kids and if they want to join when they are old enough they can. I hope this helps explain things a bit.
So much to say, first off RIP Lisa Marie Presley. The "theme park ride" is a launch ramp. Further up the ramp will be the lifeboat station. All crew board the boat before it is launched into the sea. Not all lifeboats are launched this way, many and tractored down a beach on a trailer into the sea. They are not kept in a harbour. The "easy" righting of the boat in the training pool. The whole crew gather behind the boat before pulling a rope that inflates a large balloon atop the boat which causes the boat to right. You can see it in the video and hear the hiss as it inflates. This is a much loved charity in the UK. Great reaction guys.
The BBC has a long running TV series (called Saving Lifes) following some of the volunteer RNLI stations. Amazing to see the smaller stations where volunteers are working away in their regular jobs suddenly get notified theirs a rescue, drop everything to race to the station, change into their gear and launch within minutes.
I grew up in a small village by the sea and one of my school teachers (in what you would call second grade) was a volunteer lifeboatman. A few times a year, the siren would go off across the village and he would race out of the classroom to run down to the quay to man the lifeboat. For us kids, a few minutes later, the head teacher would come in and take over the class until he came back - often only the next day. It took a while to appreciate just what he was doing, but when we realised that he was out on the sea, usually in a storm, saving people's lives, we were all quite proud of our teacher.
Here's a fun little lifeboat fact. The town where I live has the second oldest preserved lifeboat in the UK. It's housed in a memorial to William Wouldhave, the designer of the boat, who is also one of my ancestors.
Hi Folks! Great video about the RNLI! I am a current volunteer for the charity and i’m based in Cornwall. If you would like to know any other information in addition to the questions you asked on the video, let me know. I am more than happy to spread the word about this organisation.
There's a TV show here in the UK following the RNLI crews as they save lives. It's called "Saving Lives At Sea", not sure if you guys can get it in the US, but it's well worth watching.
My nephew is a RNLI crew member at Cromer, Norfolk, covering the unforgiving North Sea. My friend's husband died and the family donated to the RNLI to have his name added to others on a Lifeboat, an honourable way to remember him. The RNLI College at Poole, Dorset offers reasonable rate accommodation for tourists too. Another venue to add to your ever-growing list of places to see when you make your trip over to the U K? Poole and the surrounding area are very special, especially in the Summertime. Within close view of Poole Harbour (the biggest natural harbour in the UK) is Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting. Sandbanks have some of the most expensive property anywhere in the U K. Just a few miles away is Swanage and that's like going back to an Enid Blyton, Famous Five 1950s, you can get there by bus that drives onto a chain ferry as part of its regular daily route. Wonderfully nostalgic. Going east is The Bournemouth coast, with a cosmopolitan, action-packed English seaside city and an International Centre for first-rate concerts and events. RIP Lisa-Marie
I used to do some work at lifeboat stations, Cromer and Sheringham are very familiar, of course Caister are an independent. Always found the crews to be great people, it is easy for the rest of us to underestimate how angry the sea can be.
@@lordprefab5534 I think my last visit to Cromer RNLI was probably in early 2019. Ironically I was at a Lifeboat station on the same coast when I got my redundancy notification by telephone, as did 12 of my colleagues from the same company.
For thousands of years our people have battled with the sea. The seas round the British Isles are often fearsome, and the sea is in our blood. Although to become an RNLI volunteer you do not have to have maritime experience, our coastal communities have an accumulated wisdom about their local marine conditions. (Notice how often we still win yachting gold medals at the Olympics.) The RNLI uses this local understanding, and is immensely respected.
It wasn't mentioned in the video but the RNLI build all their own lifeboats at a site next to the college. They 'rang the bell' for a new Shannon Class last Tuesday. The lifeboat classes are named after rivers. The Shannon are the latest ones and are absolute beasts (in a good way).
I live in a seaside town in N. Ireland. RNLI is crews by volunteers. Nowadays they are notified by text but used to sound a siren and you would see the volunteers running down the main streets to the lifeboat. My cousin was the doctor for the lifeboat for 30 years, before she retired last year.
That particular life boat launches like that every time I think it’s Tenby Wales and sounds an alarm every time it launches and we all pray for them and whoever is in distress xxx
One of the ways you can help the RNLI is to make a donation towards the construction of a new boat and have a loved one's name, along with others, placed on the boat. I recently did this in memory of my late husband for the new lifeboat being stationed at Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, UK. We had spent many wonderful holiday breaks there and its nice to feel a part of him will always be there.
A magnificent instution that respond to 100% of callouts, regardless of the time or weather conditions. They are volunteers who will leave their homes, or workplace when the pager goes off to save lives and put their own at risk. They are real heroes and heroines. Support the NHS
There is an excellent video produced by the RNLI called "40th Anniversary, Perspectives on Penlee" about the 1981 Penlee Lifeboat disaster on the coast of Cornwall. It lasts just under 10 minutes. I think you'll find it intersting but also sad.
Lovely to see you both as always. The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) does amazing work. Saving so many lives in terrible conditions, very brave. Such sad news about Lisa Marie Presley, may she rest in peace ❤ Same age as me too 😢
Down here in Cornwall we have over 300 miles of coastline, surrounded on three sides by water. The South West Coastal Path covers this area and all its dramatic headlands, marvellous beaches and tiny coves. See the dangerous coast as you walk round . Cornwall has the largest number of lifeboat stations (14) and lifeboats (21). In 1907 the ship "Suevic" carrying hundreds of passengers ran into rocks off the Lizard Peninsula. 5 lifeboats (12 men in each boat and rowing only) went out into the pitch black night, remembering that no lamps or motors back then, and no protective gear. All volunteers. 456 lives were saved - passengers and crew. And NO LIVES WERE LOST. Penlee Lifeboat in 1981 came to the aid of the Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. The lifeboat rescued 4 people. Both vessels were then lost and 16 people died, including 8 of the lifeboat crew - all from the village of Mousehole. Dreadful. A wonderful charity that I willingly donate to. Plus the charity of Cornwall Air Ambulance - another sterling workforce in saving lives.
I was crew for 12 years and 43 years as a coastguard volunteer or rescue officer for which I received an mbe from the queen. Unfortunately I also got cpsd so had to finish in the service. I now care for my wife full time after she had a major stroke. I still consider any coastguard or RNLI crew as my family
Check out the Grace Darling rescue The reck of the Forfarshire off the Northumberland coast , she has a museum and a monument in the local grave yard in the village of Bamburgh It’s bonkers what she did in an open rowing boat , she became a national heroine and met Queen Victoria because of it
As she didn’t have any children it’s not possible to be a direct relative but we have traced the family tree and I’m a distant relative on my Dads Mothers side
The RNLI operates in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. One of my late uncles was the Cox (Coxwain = Captain) of the Howth Lifeboat for many years. Howth is a fishing village 8 miles north of Dublin.
In our local town of Redcar in the UK is housed the oldest remaining lifeboat in the world, the Zetland Life Boat was built in 1802 and saved over 500 lives whist in service, she was retired after 78 years as a lifeboat.
One of my aunts spent her adult life fundraising for the RNLI, when she passed away a couple of her relatives were taken out on the lifeboat to sprinkle her ashes at sea.
The RNLI Does a fantastic job and brings a lot of peace of mind to people who live around coastal areas. The Larger all weather Boats, like the one they showed Launching down the ramp into the sea are now all completely sealed when they put to sea and are self righting if they capsize. They also put to sea in some of the worst conditions imaginable when lives are at stake. These Men and Women are True hero`s who give up their time for such a worthy cause. God Bless them all 🙏
The place where I was born, Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire lost 3 lifeboats , 1919,1953 and then 1970. The lifeboat of today was out of the day of the 51st anniversary because of an emergency call. They still lay wreaths for those lost. I remember hearing about the Penlee disaster. As you say. very brave people, some of whom have given their lives to save others.
They've justifiably lost any respect due to their assisting iIIegals mlgrants to enter Britain. No surprise that people have cancelled their donations, and rightfully so.
Furthermore to the Penlee life boat disaster in 1981 there’s a documentary on RUclips about it call The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - The Cruel Sea. It’s well worth a watch and it would be good to see you react to it.
@@paulguise698 I’m originally from Barry, but now live on the South Coast where our local RNLI is based in Swanage, Do you watch Saving Lives at Sea on BBC2, brilliant series
@@paulguise698 I’m on holiday later this year in the Lake District, Whitehaven is on our agenda to visit, I must have Maritime blood as I used to live on the shores of the Solent in Southampton, I could never live inland, I was a water baby, I learnt to swim in the sea when I was very young, Barry has 5 beaches
Coming from a fishing community in Scotland the lifeboat is an important resource to our area. Sadly our lifeboat station has suffered 3 lifeboat disasters with loss of crew. Fraserburgh lifeboat station disasters were 1919 “Lady Rothes” loss of 2 crew, 1953 “John and Charles Kennedy” loss of 6 crew 1970 “Duchess of Kent” loss of 5 crew all these men were volunteers they left widows and children. If you look on you tube you can find videos of these disasters and the turn out to the funerals of these brave men.
I remember as a small child growing up whenever there was a storm or gale with winds howling and rain lashing down outside, my Nan (grandmother) would always say "pity the poor souls at sea on a night like this". Those words are still etched in my memory. Whilst we sit in our warm homes listening to the storm outside, there are men and women who volunteer to go and assist those in peril, risking their lives in the process - some giving their lives as well. Rain or shine, calm or tempestuous seas, day or night, they give their all to go to save others. May God bless all the brave men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.❤
Thank you for covering the RNLI and the amazing work that they continue to do. I am a govenor of the RNLI and I visit the RNLI College as well as the All Weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole every year, Being from Wales myself, I am never far from a lifeboat station on the coast and have lived my life around this amazing Charity and have made an awesome lifelong friend also, due to it.
I live at a seaside town where the RNLI are often needed during the holiday season especially when children go out with inflatables and drift out to sea too far. Great respect for these guys. Thankyou for your reaction and respect
Many many years ago, I was on holiday/vacation in The Isles of Scilly. I was in a cottage on the hillside and had a fantastic view of the harbour. One night, a storm was raging, high winds, huge waves, even in the harbour. They must have been 6 to 8 feet high. The Maroons went up and the lifeboat launched straight into the boiling sea to go to a yacht which had engine failure. Ever since then I've had the deepest admiration to the guys and girls of the RNLI. Oh.... Yes they saved the crew of the yacht.
Due to my job, I’m one of those sad buggers who has spent most of his life with water under his feet, I’ve done the Sea Survival training many times, and while the training might look tough on the video, it feels a lot harder when you’re doing it, especially when you’re staring 60 in the face. The video shows them in a swimming pool, which is nice and warm, but I’ve also done it jumping into a freezing lake mid-winter, which is interesting. If you want to look at something on a similar line, have a look at the DRIU units used in the Royal Navy, it makes the Sea Survival look like a walk in the park.
I really enjoy watching your videos ladies. This one has a particular connection as my dad was a lifeboatman in the 1960s, 70s and early eighties in the UK. The whole family becomes involved when your parent is a volunteer on the lifeboats. Things were a lot different then as technology was not what it is today. No pagers or mobile phones. The local sea watch stations would send up flairs in the area that the lifeboat crews lived and these were called maroons. They would light up the sky and then let off a loud bang, like an explosion. This would wake up the local crew from their homes and they would get to the lifeboat station. As a child, I would hear the maroons in the night and then I would hear dad thumping around getting dressed in the dark and then running down the stairs. Before we could afford a car, her would run half a mile to the station and then the crew would go off to sea in the black and stormy night! It was a proud organisation to be associated with. When dad died, the past and present crews came to give him a send off. Keep making the videos. Hoping you get to the 100k soon. Best wishes to you both.
If you can find them, the BBC's "Saving Lives at Sea" is a great watch. It follows real RNLI crews on real rescues all around the UK and Ireland from the moment their pagers go off and they 'drop everything' to completing the rescues. There are upwards of 50 x 30 minute episodes.
Wonderful video girlies, when you think when the RNLI was first formed the boats were row boats, take at look at the history. Thankfully never needed them but my praise for the volunteers is so high they have saved many lives human and animal. Xx
Yorkshire air ambulance are another brilliant charity. One of the most important, like the RNLI. They have saved so many lives. Down to their dedication, professionalism and speed.
Yes, air ambulances (helicopters) have become so very important, especially in remote, rural areas. Many more lives have been saved because of them. Yes, again, not possible without charitable donations and lots of volunteers in different capacities. Respect. 🤗
I buy their Christmas cards every year as it's such an important charity. Also live on the coast and the sea can be such a dangerous place, especially at night. Such bravery and commitment.
My schoolfriend's father was the Offshore boat Coxswain for many years. Also, look up Henry Blogg...an amazing Cromer Lifeboat Coxswain that was awarded the MOST awards in RNLI history❤
This is one of the most incredible charities here in the UK and have on occasion seen them at work when on holiday. The volunteers who man the lifeboats go out to rescue others who's lives are in danger putting their own lives at risk to do so. It takes a very special kind of person and those who have been helped by the RNLI should be eternally grateful to them. I'm sure they are. The colour of my PE shirt when I was at school was called Old Gold, the colour of Natasha's top. I would also refer to it as Mustard. I'm going shopping today for a top in the same colour to go with an outfit. Hope I find one.
Ericirl - If you watched the video properly this was clearly stated at the very outset. However the key point is the RNLI was formed when what is now the RoI was part the UK. So no evidence the RoI would have formed something similar if not? It is also clear LizzyLou is in the UK, and so her statement is accurate referencing her country, and so why would she reference a foreign country that as I said was already covered in the video.
@@neilboulton9813 I was just pointing it out to people who hadn’t got around to watching the video. It’s great that it operates in Ireland and a great example how the two countries can work very well together.
@@neilboulton9813 Ireland is chock full of voluntary organisations .Ireland is more than capable of having its own version ,but speaking as an irishman if its not broke don't fix it .The sea doesn't recognise national borders and lives come first.
If you’re interested in this topic, can I suggest you find out about the village of Mousehole in Cornwall. As someone raised in a small fishing village in Devon, I know how important this charity is to costal communities. It plays a central role in our communities.
The RNLI runs a 'Launch a memory' scheme. It allows you to remember a loved one you miss by adding their name to the letters and numbers printed on the side of a new all-weather lifeboat in return for a donation. This helps towards the cost of the new boats being made. I've done this twice now for my Dad, who passed in 2018. Love all your videos, keep up the great work. Xxx ❤️
@@pamfoster4894 my fathers name is also on the Invergorden boat he was a commercial fisherman lost at sea in 1976 my two grandchildren are on the Clifden boat thanks for your reply
The RNLI are amazing 👏, living in a costal town with a life boat station and having a RNLI volunteer as a neighbour, they have my utmost respect for what they do...our local RNLI regularly has fundraising days at the beach teaching the local kids how to stay safe in the water they even have their own mascot
I've been going to Blackpool by the coast for decades, the RNLI station on the seafront is always a standout landmark to me. They always run a family fun day each year to
I grew up on the coast and have seen first hand the amazing work the RNLI do. They are all heroes!!! Cool little story is that my great grandad was one of the first Coxswain for the RNLI on the Isle of Wight. He also use to give his fish to the Royal Family to eat when they visited the Isle of Wight as he was a fisherman and landlord as well. We have a great picture of him presenting lobster to the queen. His picture is in the RNLI museum
My parents had a shop in Cromer, Norfolk, UK. Whenever the Offshore OR Inshore Lifeboats were launched, when the crew returned, they would knock on our back door for tobacco....which they were ALWAYS given for free. I am a HUGE RNLI supporter. We have two boats and MANY Lifeguard volunteers on our MANY beaches!! Look up Cromer, Norfolk. The launching of the Offshore boat happens, it's spectacular! The Coastguard station also launches rockets...one for the Inshore boat...two for the Offshore boat. One of the aluminium rockets landed near me and my cousins.. .they're red hot when they land...narrowly missed us...I got to it first and still have that flare container. The Cromer Lifeboat engineer was a lifelong friend....💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪❤
The motto of the RNLI is "We never turn back" Can you imagine some of the Sea and ocean conditions they face. No shortage of volunteers for the training.
This is a great organisation, they are essential here in Shetland and have saved a lot of people. Awesome people and they train once a week to keep up to date
My wife and her first husband grew up in Mousehole and knew the crew who were lost. We gone back every year and she pays her respects to her friends who were lost.
I was rescued by the RNLI one Christmas when my dingy overturned off the shore and I couldn't get it upright due to the tide, winds and waves all being contrary. In the end I tied myself to the boat and waited, as I had heard the maroon explode above the seaside town I was near, and that is the signal for the lifeboat men to hurry to the lifeboat station and man the lifeboat. Unfortunately it was at about 1.00pm, just when they were all sitting down to their Christmas dinners. Since I knew most of the men, who all drunk at the same pub as me, I had quite a few drinks to buy as a thank you to all these brave men who rescued me. Regards. Derek.
Our hearts are broken to the passing of Lisa Marie Presley. Natasha is especially hit hard as she is the biggest Elvis fan I have ever known. We send our prayers and thoughts to Priscilla and Lisa's 3 children. America lost our Princess...
In today's episode we finally got to see a glimpse into the Royal National Lifeboat Institution! What a fabulous organization that does life saving work and at a volunteer level! This was very inspiring to us and we applaud every member! Non-profits work so very hard and the RNLI is no exception! We are honored to have this platform to learn about organizations such as this and plan to look into more in the near future. If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support any RUclips channel and it's FREE! Also please click the Like button. Thanks so much for watching!
Condolences to her family
I was dismayed at the news this morning. The first report that I had read stated that she had been rushed to hospital. The next confirmed that she had passed. 54 is no age at all.
Since your love for dogs you seriously should check out the RSPCA, if you haven't already of course.
Only five days ago, the RNLI announced they now had a fully female crew of a lifeboat based up on the north east coast
RNLI are traffickers for illegals the French kick out terrorist rapist robbers & killers the UK is the new Alcatraz for the worlds criminals & terrorist
We must never forget the Crew of the Penlee Lifeboat Crew who lost their Lives on the Solomon Browne Lifeboat on 19th December 1981 a total of 16 lives were lost, 8 of those lives were the 8 man Crew of the Solomon Browne.
Rest In Peace Guys and thank you for your Service.
Stand Down Your Duty is Done.
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I'm from Penzance, I wasn't alive when it happened but I know a few descendents of the crew members and think about them a lot in late December especially when seeing the Xmas lights at Mousehole.
müsste " RNLI Mona " nicht auch erwähnt werden
Immortalized by The Dubliners and Luke Kelly
I was a student nurse at the main hospital in Truro (Treliske) at the time the Solomon Browne/Union Star disaster. The hospital was on standby, but sadly no one arrived. I since moved and now live in Penzance, having retired from nursing and have come to know some of the families of the lifeboat crew, both when volunteering as an auxiliary coastguard watchkeeper many moons ago, and more recently as a water safety advisor with the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with links to the Penlee Lifboat at their station in Newlyn, the successor of the stricken 'Solomon Browne'.
The volunteers range from the crew of the lifeboat (Coxwain - 'captain' and the station mechanic are employed as they have to be available 2/47). There is a documentary you can find here on RUclips called The Cruel Sea - The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster which while hearbreaking, makes copelling viewing. There have been a number of lifeboat crews lost in action over the 200 years the RNLI has been going (2024 is the 200th anniversary) which shows the dedication of the lifeboat crews (which also have women these days) and their courage. Also there are fundraisers, water safety teams that educate the public about water safety and also goes into schools to educate children, volunteers that run RNLI shops, womens guilds that also hlp fundraise etc. To find out more, visit rnli.org and look out for a BBC series called 'Saving Lives at Sea' that looks at the work of the lifeboats around the UK.
Thanks so much for featuring our lifesaving charity on your channel and hello to all our brilliant supporters in the USA. Thanks to the amazing supporters who fund our work, our brave volunteer lifeboat crews and our beach lifeguards have been able to save more than 143,000 lives around the coast of the UK and Ireland since 1824.
Thank you, there are many families enjoying life today that would never have existed without the amazing people in your charity.
Please don't thank us! Our deepest respect and heartfelt thanks to YOU!! We are so proud to have learned about your incredible charity! God Bless you! 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
Deepest respect for what you do.
Last Saturday 18th March 2023 a wedding was taking place I believe in Cornwall and before the service began the vicar asked for all electronics be turned off with the exception of lifeboat pagers. Good call because pagers started as service started and pagers went off and 5 guests ran to the call 2 people cut off by incoming tide. Thank God for RNLI. Great show on BBC2 if you are ever able to access this called
SAVING LIVES AT SEA which is all about the shouts from all around Britain and Ireland 🇮🇪 🏴🏴🏴 the situations are frightening and truly amazing 👏
Wonderful charity
@@TheNatashaDebbieShowThe RNLI operates in 5 jurisdictions the UK and ROI and the Crown Dependencies they have been in Ireland since their foundation in 1824 they are tasked by the Irish Coastguard and HM Coastguard for sea rescue both of which maintain fleets of inshore lifeboats but the RNLI Offshore and Inshore boats outnumber both coastguards boat fleets.
Sir William Hillary was manx and the original station is in the Isle of Man.
They even have inland stations in England,Scotland and Ireland along with flood rescue.
All weather boats can be kept afloat, carriage launch or slip launch.
There are shore crew and volunteer fundraiser crew.
They even have hover craft.
We here in Germany have a similar organisation to the RNLI. The DGzRS is a privat non-profit organisation that safeguards the coastlines of Germanys North and Baltik coast. The motto of those brave volunteers is "Get out when others are coming in" together with "that others may live" and the 60 Seenotkreuzer had to go out nearly 1900 times in 2022 to brace the elements and rescue people. Their distinctive white and red coloured ships are a regular sight along the german coast and they, like all men and women in this profession, deserve our highest respect for risking their lives so that others may live!
Respect to your brave men and women from Scotland 👍
In Britain , the courage of the RLNI is a legend . In old times , people in rowing boats facing death . Today incredible courage and they are volunteers . What can be said for these people that is enough .
Thank you for covering my favourite charity. Volunteers have to be 17 to 55 for the inshore lifeboats (inflatables) or 65 for the larger all weather lifeboats. They have saved 142,900 lives since 1824. Most crew are volunteers the all weather lifeboats all have a full time mechanic who is an employee. One of the organisations that make me proud to be British
thanks for that info i was wondering that , when natasha asked that
My favourite charity too
It’s one of the only Charities I will donate to without hesitation because I know exactly how/where my money goes to help.
The RNLI also operates in Ireland.
@@realburglazofficial2613 They also refuse to take any government money because they don't want to lose their independence.
I listened to a podcast to mark the 40th Anniversary of the loss of the Solomon Browne on Radio 4 (available on BBC Sounds) the sudden radio silence as contact is lost between Falmouth Coastguard and the lifeboat is spine chillingly awful. To them the idea of leaving anyone on board the Union Star was just inconceivable. Such unbelievable brave men. RIP gentlemen.
Remembering the RNLI lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole in Cornwall, who went to the aid of the coastal vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
After the lifeboat had rescued four people, both vessels were lost with all 16 hands hands lost, including the eight volunteer lifeboatmen. Rest easy, duty done.
I remember it like it was yesterday. I couldn't even visit Mousehole for a few years, it was too painful. RIP Brave souls.
@@lynneedwards4538 The helicopter pilot who was flying over head that night was on exchange from the American coastguard. He saw all the events of that terrible night. All the bravery and the final loss of the lifeboat.
I didn't know at the time, but my father (a sea Captain) was a cousin of the Coxswain of the Solomon Browne on my Grandmother's side of the family.
I was quite young when it happened but I believe it led to the big lifeboats being changed to something that is far less likely to sink
It was in the summer following the disaster I was on holiday in Cornwall. One evening my friend and I took a walk through Mousehole. Seeing candles alight in the front windows of some of the houses was a very moving experience that I will never forget.
RNLI, Stands for Royal National Lifeboat Institute.
I've watched numerous of your videos and enjoy them. I am a crew member of the RNLI on the Isle of wight
i joined the RNLI at 16 and was trained to advance to the boats but i was mainly a lifeguard but i am now a junior officer in the RN
An incredible organization, all volunteers and exceptionally brave.
The RNLI are the reason my little brother is alive today. Please give to this amazing wonderful charity… they really are heroes
I have worked for the RNLI for 17 years, it's an amazing organization
Are you one of the people responsible for bringing the boat people onto our beaches & ending up in Five star hotels.?
@@Parker_Douglas
wanker..no,they are not,again,wanker.
@@Parker_Douglas They are refugees fleeing certain death! What would you do when your only hope for survival is a rickety boat and a few hundred miles of treacherous ocean? They literally have no choice! 😢
Just watching a programme which told the story of our local lifeboat station in West Cornwall. In 1907 they saved 407 people from one ship, not one life lost, in the dark in an Atlantic storm. In rowing boats, in total darkness. Insane.
thank you for your coverage and kind comments..... Pete Stopforth , RNLI , Lowestoft lifeboat.
My son is currently crew with the Helensburgh life boat covering the northern area of the Firth of Clyde. Their boat is an Atlantic 85.
Watch the "Penlee lifeboat disaster," its about an hour long, and quite sad, but shows the dedication and bravery of the crews who man volunteer for the RNLI.
Such selfless people just incredible thank you everyone❤
I did much of this training but the difference is that I was in the Royal Navy and I was getting paid for it. These people do this from the goodness of their hearts .
Thank you for your service!!
@The Natasha & Debbie Show A pleasure. It was never work , it was what I always wanted to do . Unfortunately, after fourteen years, I lost midrange frequencies in my right ear and being a radio operator, there was no option but medical retirement 😢. I would do it all again without a shadow of doubt
I am a long time supporter of the RNLI and when my mother passed away , donated to have her name put on the Wells lifeboat, something I am so proud of.
We had names put on that one, too. The Shannon class, right?
The RLNI rescued my brother from a capsized yacht in the Menai Straits which is a stretch of water between North Wales and the Island of Anglessey. So vital work and kudos to all involved
St John ambulance is a great charity. One of which I was a member of for 4 years. Our late Queen was the head of it all. The history of it stretches back to a knight of St John from the crusades. The cross of which is still worn on the uniform today.
My neighbours are RNLI volunteers, amazing charity. Thank you for the reaction
I'm a Cromer girl.....Henry Blogg....one of the most decorated RNLI volunteers.....
We are so proud of our RNLI. My daughter is named after Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper who in 1838 rowed out over a mile with her father during a storm in Northumberland to rescue the passengers and crew of a stricken vessel. Making two trips to rescue all the survivors. she was awarded the silver medal for gallantry from the RNLI.
We visited the museum at Bamburgh many years ago, when my sons were boys. Very interesting.
Hi ladies just found your Chanel and have been binge watching ..I’m in the U.K. and I live in the lizard Cornwall …my husband is currently a lifeboat crew member on the RNLI ROSE 16-20 stationed at the lizard point which is the most southerly point in the U.K. our coast line is very treacherous many ships and boats ,people have been lost around our coastline …my husband has been with the RNLI for about 15 years now and has been out in all weathers and severe storms and has rescued many people …I am very proud of my husband and all of the RNLI around the U.K. THE RNLI are one big family we all love and support each other ,many meals and get togethers ,bbq,parties missed because pagers have gone off mid meal or party ,but that’s what they do save lives at sea ,so Thank you for showing this on your Chanel ladies…and sending love and prayers to all rescuers out there …oh! and love you millions hubby 🩵💙🩵
BBCs Saving Lives at Sea, is a series following a number of RNLI crews throughout UK, and Ireland with real-time footage of various operations and rescues. As an ex Royal Navy Sailor and now working offshore I am forever in awe of what these volunteers do for the country. Truly one of our great institutions! Keep up the great work ladies! 1m and counting 🤞😀
as an ex royal navy sailor what do you think about the RNLI trafficking criminals into our country all day everyday and has been doing so for at least 3 years? (excluding the last 9 days, apparently)
@@Bar_Steward they go out and risk their own lives for these people who are illegal immigrants to our great country..ask a RNLI volunteer and they will say a life is a life but privately I think their opinion might differ..they are being used by these people who PURPOSELY damage their boats so they have to be rescued..ok save them but then take them back to france..
I think you should stop reading the Sun and Express “news” papers
Sad little man....Grow up and don't be so hateful.@@Bar_Steward
@@Bar_Steward well said they are involved in smuggling boat people into Uk illegally.
My cousin is a lifeguard for the RNLI in cornwall. I am an incredibly proud of him. He has been involved in some insane situations and saved lives.
As a sea angler I've always been a supporter of the RNLI thankfully I've never needed them but it's great to know they are there if needed.
You should check out the story of Grace Darling who 1n 1815 with her father went out in a row boat when the sea was too rough for the lifeboat to launch and rescued five people from the rocks. Or the Lynton rescue where the people of the town dragged a 10-ton lifeboat at night in a storm 13 miles over a large hill to make a rescue.
Grace was born in 1815 but the rescue was in 1838, right at the start of Queen Victoria's reign. She died young in 1842.
I once visited the Longstone Lighthouse in the Farne Islands (where Grace and her father lived), now a museum, which you can visit by boat and there is also another small museum dedicated to her on the mainland at Bamburgh, Northumberland.
The name plate of the wrecked ship whose crew was rescued, the SS "Forfarshire", is displayed in the Olde Ship Inn at nearby Seahouses.
@@MrBulky992so the story isn't true?
@@Billy.Nomates The story is true, without a doubt: it was only the date I was querying.
@@MrBulky992 ah,ok..thank you
Yes it is true grace is buriedin Bamburgh northumberland @@Billy.Nomates
Shout out to those of us that saved milk bottle tops as kids to buy lifeboats! There are some still in operation!
As a former sailor and cadet will always support the RNLI.
I always donate to the RNLI. These brave women and men respond without a moments hesitation. 👏👏
The RNLI don't only operate in the UK but they are also the volunteer service/charity here in Ireland that go out if necessary. They are the only charity I support every year, I know a number of fisherman whose boats have sunk and it was the RNLI who saved them [not necessarily in bad weather, many are small boats out fishing in Dublin Bay and fishing boats from other countries often used to ram and sink them (not sure if it still happens) which is when the RNLI boat would be called out. We have a station where I used to live and my Order of Malta unit would turn out to support them every year for their major fund raising day in the summer.
Thanks for explaining their role in Ireland to other viewers
Hey both, I'm a long time subscriber but never usually comment but here goes. That bit that looks like a fairground ride is actually the boat launch. Most of the stations are way above ground because of the difference between land and sea levels that they use a large steep ramp to launch the boats without the use of tractors or trucks to move to boat into the sea. Also there is no upper age restriction the rule is as long as you pass the yearly physicals and are still willing you can carry on. They do have RNLI juniors groups to involve kids and if they want to join when they are old enough they can. I hope this helps explain things a bit.
So much to say, first off RIP Lisa Marie Presley.
The "theme park ride" is a launch ramp. Further up the ramp will be the lifeboat station. All crew board the boat before it is launched into the sea.
Not all lifeboats are launched this way, many and tractored down a beach on a trailer into the sea. They are not kept in a harbour.
The "easy" righting of the boat in the training pool.
The whole crew gather behind the boat before pulling a rope that inflates a large balloon atop the boat which causes the boat to right. You can see it in the video and hear the hiss as it inflates.
This is a much loved charity in the UK. Great reaction guys.
The BBC has a long running TV series (called Saving Lifes) following some of the volunteer RNLI stations. Amazing to see the smaller stations where volunteers are working away in their regular jobs suddenly get notified theirs a rescue, drop everything to race to the station, change into their gear and launch within minutes.
"Saving Lives at Sea" is the correct title of this programme.
Highly recommended if it's not blocked if you can find it.
@@EricIrl Thanks. Knew it had Saving Lives' in the title.
I grew up in a small village by the sea and one of my school teachers (in what you would call second grade) was a volunteer lifeboatman. A few times a year, the siren would go off across the village and he would race out of the classroom to run down to the quay to man the lifeboat. For us kids, a few minutes later, the head teacher would come in and take over the class until he came back - often only the next day.
It took a while to appreciate just what he was doing, but when we realised that he was out on the sea, usually in a storm, saving people's lives, we were all quite proud of our teacher.
Here's a fun little lifeboat fact. The town where I live has the second oldest preserved lifeboat in the UK. It's housed in a memorial to William Wouldhave, the designer of the boat, who is also one of my ancestors.
That would be South Shields I think. I know that Redcar near me has the oldest preserved lifeboat built by Henry Greathead
current serving crew in the R.N.L.I of 4 years and may i just take this time to thank you for your surport
Bless you and thank you for what YOU do!!!!
Dedicated people! God Bless them.🙏🙏🙏
Hi Folks! Great video about the RNLI!
I am a current volunteer for the charity and i’m based in Cornwall.
If you would like to know any other information in addition to the questions you asked on the video, let me know. I am more than happy to spread the word about this organisation.
That is so good of you. I hope Natasha and Debbie make use of your inside knowledge. 🤗🤗🤗
There's a TV show here in the UK following the RNLI crews as they save lives. It's called "Saving Lives At Sea", not sure if you guys can get it in the US, but it's well worth watching.
Thank for doing this .Love you pair Thank you
My nephew is a RNLI crew member at Cromer, Norfolk, covering the unforgiving North Sea.
My friend's husband died and the family donated to the RNLI to have his name added to others on a Lifeboat, an honourable way to remember him.
The RNLI College at Poole, Dorset offers reasonable rate accommodation for tourists too. Another venue to add to your ever-growing list of places to see when you make your trip over to the U K?
Poole and the surrounding area are very special, especially in the Summertime. Within close view of Poole Harbour (the biggest natural harbour in the UK) is Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting. Sandbanks have some of the most expensive property anywhere in the U K. Just a few miles away is Swanage and that's like going back to an Enid Blyton, Famous Five 1950s, you can get there by bus that drives onto a chain ferry as part of its regular daily route. Wonderfully nostalgic. Going east is The Bournemouth coast, with a cosmopolitan, action-packed English seaside city and an International Centre for first-rate concerts and events.
RIP Lisa-Marie
Ah, Cromer - near me, and what a history, with Henry Blogg and the help of Caister lifeboat just around the coast!
A very eloquent description on Dorsets charms.
I used to do some work at lifeboat stations, Cromer and Sheringham are very familiar, of course Caister are an independent. Always found the crews to be great people, it is easy for the rest of us to underestimate how angry the sea can be.
We visited the RNLI station/exhibition in Cromer while on holiday in 2010
@@lordprefab5534 I think my last visit to Cromer RNLI was probably in early 2019.
Ironically I was at a Lifeboat station on the same coast when I got my redundancy notification by telephone, as did 12 of my colleagues from the same company.
For thousands of years our people have battled with the sea. The seas round the British Isles are often fearsome, and the sea is in our blood. Although to become an RNLI volunteer you do not have to have maritime experience, our coastal communities have an accumulated wisdom about their local marine conditions. (Notice how often we still win yachting gold medals at the Olympics.) The RNLI uses this local understanding, and is immensely respected.
It wasn't mentioned in the video but the RNLI build all their own lifeboats at a site next to the college. They 'rang the bell' for a new Shannon Class last Tuesday. The lifeboat classes are named after rivers. The Shannon are the latest ones and are absolute beasts (in a good way).
I think the inshore ones are built on the Isle of Wight?
Thank you, I didn't know that.
I don't think it was quite finished when this video was made, now it's part of the tour.
If you can, have a look at the BBC series: "Saving lives at sea" which follows RNLI crews making rescues around the UK and Ireland. Inspiring.
I live in a seaside town in N. Ireland. RNLI is crews by volunteers. Nowadays they are notified by text but used to sound a siren and you would see the volunteers running down the main streets to the lifeboat. My cousin was the doctor for the lifeboat for 30 years, before she retired last year.
That particular life boat launches like that every time I think it’s Tenby Wales and sounds an alarm every time it launches and we all pray for them and whoever is in distress xxx
One of the ways you can help the RNLI is to make a donation towards the construction of a new boat and have a loved one's name, along with others, placed on the boat. I recently did this in memory of my late husband for the new lifeboat being stationed at Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, UK. We had spent many wonderful holiday breaks there and its nice to feel a part of him will always be there.
Vast majority have stopped donations due to being used to deliver 3rd world illegal rats
A magnificent instution that respond to 100% of callouts, regardless of the time or weather conditions. They are volunteers who will leave their homes, or workplace when the pager goes off to save lives and put their own at risk. They are real heroes and heroines. Support the NHS
There is an excellent video produced by the RNLI called "40th Anniversary, Perspectives on Penlee" about the 1981 Penlee Lifeboat disaster on the coast of Cornwall. It lasts just under 10 minutes. I think you'll find it intersting but also sad.
Lovely to see you both as always. The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) does amazing work. Saving so many lives in terrible conditions, very brave. Such sad news about Lisa Marie Presley, may she rest in peace ❤ Same age as me too 😢
Down here in Cornwall we have over 300 miles of coastline, surrounded on three sides by water. The South West Coastal Path covers this area and all its dramatic headlands, marvellous beaches and tiny coves. See the dangerous coast as you walk round
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Cornwall has the largest number of lifeboat stations (14) and lifeboats (21).
In 1907 the ship "Suevic" carrying hundreds of passengers ran into rocks off the Lizard Peninsula. 5 lifeboats (12 men in each boat and rowing only) went out into the pitch black night, remembering that no lamps or motors back then, and no protective gear. All volunteers. 456 lives were saved - passengers and crew. And NO LIVES WERE LOST.
Penlee Lifeboat in 1981 came to the aid of the Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. The lifeboat rescued 4 people. Both vessels were then lost and 16 people died, including 8 of the lifeboat crew - all from the village of Mousehole. Dreadful.
A wonderful charity that I willingly donate to. Plus the charity of Cornwall Air Ambulance - another sterling workforce in saving lives.
I was crew for 12 years and 43 years as a coastguard volunteer or rescue officer for which I received an mbe from the queen.
Unfortunately I also got cpsd so had to finish in the service.
I now care for my wife full time after she had a major stroke.
I still consider any coastguard or RNLI crew as my family
Check out the Grace Darling rescue
The reck of the Forfarshire off the Northumberland coast , she has a museum and a monument in the local grave yard in the village of Bamburgh
It’s bonkers what she did in an open rowing boat , she became a national heroine and met Queen Victoria because of it
You beat me to the point about Grace Darling!
As she didn’t have any children it’s not possible to be a direct relative but we have traced the family tree and I’m a distant relative on my Dads Mothers side
Should take a look at Grace Darling and RNLI Grace Darling Museum
The RNLI operates in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. One of my late uncles was the Cox (Coxwain = Captain) of the Howth Lifeboat for many years. Howth is a fishing village 8 miles north of Dublin.
We give monthly to the RNLI , They do a fantastic job and all volunteers.
In our local town of Redcar in the UK is housed the oldest remaining lifeboat in the world, the Zetland Life Boat was built in 1802 and saved over 500 lives whist in service, she was retired after 78 years as a lifeboat.
One of my aunts spent her adult life fundraising for the RNLI, when she passed away a couple of her relatives were taken out on the lifeboat to sprinkle her ashes at sea.
The RNLI Does a fantastic job and brings a lot of peace of mind to people who live around coastal areas. The Larger all weather Boats, like the one they showed Launching down the ramp into the sea are now all completely sealed when they put to sea and are self righting if they capsize. They also put to sea in some of the worst conditions imaginable when lives are at stake. These Men and Women are True hero`s who give up their time for such a worthy cause. God Bless them all 🙏
Very brave people, some of whom have given their lives trying to save others. The Penlee lifeboat disaster is one that springs to mind.
The place where I was born, Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire lost 3 lifeboats , 1919,1953 and then 1970. The lifeboat of today was out of the day of the 51st anniversary because of an emergency call. They still lay wreaths for those lost. I remember hearing about the Penlee disaster. As you say. very brave people, some of whom have given their lives to save others.
Mona is another tragic loss
coming from a foreigner, from Germany
They have my utmost respects, I always support them, many of these volunteers have lost their lives while trying to help others.
They've justifiably lost any respect due to their assisting iIIegals mlgrants to enter Britain. No surprise that people have cancelled their donations, and rightfully so.
@@CrankCase08 your reply is not worthy of a answer, but I will just say its maritime law and humanitarian.
@@angelawalker8615 Maritime law can be ignored when it contradicts national interests.
@@CrankCase08 oh well that's OK then....its not in the national interest, let them drown.
@@angelawalker8615 They can stay where they are, in SAFE France.
It’s a delightful yellow ochre, Natasha.
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Furthermore to the Penlee life boat disaster in 1981 there’s a documentary on RUclips about it call The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - The Cruel Sea. It’s well worth a watch and it would be good to see you react to it.
Extremely proud to be a volunteer with Enniskillen RNLI 🤩☺️
I support the RNLI, coming from a coastal town with a RNLI base, I know the bravery of these people who risk their own lives to save other souls, ❤
Hiya Julia, which town are you from, I'm from Whitehaven, Cumbria
I'm also on the coast in Whitby 👍
@@paulguise698 I’m originally from Barry, but now live on the South Coast where our local RNLI is based in Swanage, Do you watch Saving Lives at Sea on BBC2, brilliant series
@@helenagreenwood2305 I’ve always wanted to visit Whitby
@@paulguise698 I’m on holiday later this year in the Lake District, Whitehaven is on our agenda to visit, I must have Maritime blood as I used to live on the shores of the Solent in Southampton, I could never live inland, I was a water baby, I learnt to swim in the sea when I was very young, Barry has 5 beaches
Coming from a fishing community in Scotland the lifeboat is an important resource to our area. Sadly our lifeboat station has suffered 3 lifeboat disasters with loss of crew. Fraserburgh lifeboat station disasters were 1919 “Lady Rothes” loss of 2 crew, 1953 “John and Charles Kennedy” loss of 6 crew 1970 “Duchess of Kent” loss of 5 crew all these men were volunteers they left widows and children. If you look on you tube you can find videos of these disasters and the turn out to the funerals of these brave men.
I remember as a small child growing up whenever there was a storm or gale with winds howling and rain lashing down outside, my Nan (grandmother) would always say "pity the poor souls at sea on a night like this". Those words are still etched in my memory.
Whilst we sit in our warm homes listening to the storm outside, there are men and women who volunteer to go and assist those in peril, risking their lives in the process - some giving their lives as well. Rain or shine, calm or tempestuous seas, day or night, they give their all to go to save others.
May God bless all the brave men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.❤
enjoy your shows, sorry to hear about Lisa Marie Presley RIP X
Some of the finest people on the planet .
Brave and totally selfless .
❤️🇬🇧.
Thank you for covering the RNLI and the amazing work that they continue to do. I am a govenor of the RNLI and I visit the RNLI College as well as the All Weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole every year, Being from Wales myself, I am never far from a lifeboat station on the coast and have lived my life around this amazing Charity and have made an awesome lifelong friend also, due to it.
I live at a seaside town where the RNLI are often needed during the holiday season especially when children go out with inflatables and drift out to sea too far.
Great respect for these guys. Thankyou for your reaction and respect
Many many years ago, I was on holiday/vacation in The Isles of Scilly. I was in a cottage on the hillside and had a fantastic view of the harbour. One night, a storm was raging, high winds, huge waves, even in the harbour. They must have been 6 to 8 feet high. The Maroons went up and the lifeboat launched straight into the boiling sea to go to a yacht which had engine failure.
Ever since then I've had the deepest admiration to the guys and girls of the RNLI.
Oh.... Yes they saved the crew of the yacht.
RNLI are amazing people who risk their lives for others , total hero's
Due to my job, I’m one of those sad buggers who has spent most of his life with water under his feet, I’ve done the Sea Survival training many times, and while the training might look tough on the video, it feels a lot harder when you’re doing it, especially when you’re staring 60 in the face. The video shows them in a swimming pool, which is nice and warm, but I’ve also done it jumping into a freezing lake mid-winter, which is interesting.
If you want to look at something on a similar line, have a look at the DRIU units used in the Royal Navy, it makes the Sea Survival look like a walk in the park.
I really enjoy watching your videos ladies. This one has a particular connection as my dad was a lifeboatman in the 1960s, 70s and early eighties in the UK. The whole family becomes involved when your parent is a volunteer on the lifeboats. Things were a lot different then as technology was not what it is today. No pagers or mobile phones. The local sea watch stations would send up flairs in the area that the lifeboat crews lived and these were called maroons. They would light up the sky and then let off a loud bang, like an explosion. This would wake up the local crew from their homes and they would get to the lifeboat station. As a child, I would hear the maroons in the night and then I would hear dad thumping around getting dressed in the dark and then running down the stairs. Before we could afford a car, her would run half a mile to the station and then the crew would go off to sea in the black and stormy night! It was a proud organisation to be associated with. When dad died, the past and present crews came to give him a send off. Keep making the videos. Hoping you get to the 100k soon. Best wishes to you both.
If you can find them, the BBC's "Saving Lives at Sea" is a great watch. It follows real RNLI crews on real rescues all around the UK and Ireland from the moment their pagers go off and they 'drop everything' to completing the rescues. There are upwards of 50 x 30 minute episodes.
Another amazing video by you two awesome ladies. They do an amazing job saving lives at sea.
Wonderful video girlies, when you think when the RNLI was first formed the boats were row boats, take at look at the history. Thankfully never needed them but my praise for the volunteers is so high they have saved many lives human and animal. Xx
Yorkshire air ambulance are another brilliant charity. One of the most important, like the RNLI. They have saved so many lives. Down to their dedication, professionalism and speed.
Yes, air ambulances (helicopters) have become so very important, especially in remote, rural areas. Many more lives have been saved because of them. Yes, again, not possible without charitable donations and lots of volunteers in different capacities. Respect. 🤗
I buy their Christmas cards every year as it's such an important charity. Also live on the coast and the sea can be such a dangerous place, especially at night. Such bravery and commitment.
You must go and read about the Penlee Lifeboat disaster! It was in Cornwall! Mousehole in Mounts Bay near Penzance!
My schoolfriend's father was the Offshore boat Coxswain for many years. Also, look up Henry Blogg...an amazing Cromer Lifeboat Coxswain that was awarded the MOST awards in RNLI history❤
This is one of the most incredible charities here in the UK and have on occasion seen them at work when on holiday. The volunteers who man the lifeboats go out to rescue others who's lives are in danger putting their own lives at risk to do so. It takes a very special kind of person and those who have been helped by the RNLI should be eternally grateful to them. I'm sure they are. The colour of my PE shirt when I was at school was called Old Gold, the colour of Natasha's top. I would also refer to it as Mustard. I'm going shopping today for a top in the same colour to go with an outfit. Hope I find one.
It's not just a UK charity. It operates in the Republic of Ireland too. I have family connections with the Irish side of the organisation.
Ericirl - If you watched the video properly this was clearly stated at the very outset. However the key point is the RNLI was formed when what is now the RoI was part the UK. So no evidence the RoI would have formed something similar if not? It is also clear LizzyLou is in the UK, and so her statement is accurate referencing her country, and so why would she reference a foreign country that as I said was already covered in the video.
@@neilboulton9813 I was just pointing it out to people who hadn’t got around to watching the video. It’s great that it operates in Ireland and a great example how the two countries can work very well together.
@@neilboulton9813 Ireland is chock full of voluntary organisations .Ireland is more than capable of having its own version ,but speaking as an irishman if its not broke don't fix it .The sea doesn't recognise national borders and lives come first.
My nephew volunteers for the RNLI in Blackpool. I'm very proud of him.
If you’re interested in this topic, can I suggest you find out about the village of Mousehole in Cornwall.
As someone raised in a small fishing village in Devon, I know how important this charity is to costal communities. It plays a central role in our communities.
The RNLI runs a 'Launch a memory' scheme. It allows you to remember a loved one you miss by adding their name to the letters and numbers printed on the side of a new all-weather lifeboat in return for a donation. This helps towards the cost of the new boats being made. I've done this twice now for my Dad, who passed in 2018.
Love all your videos, keep up the great work. Xxx ❤️
Hi I have 3 family members names on the 2 boats witch boat is your father name on
@@alanadair2367 hi, my Dad's name is on the Invergordon Shannon and the Wells-next-the-sea Shannon.
@@pamfoster4894 my fathers name is also on the Invergorden boat he was a commercial fisherman lost at sea in 1976 my two grandchildren are on the Clifden boat thanks for your reply
@alanadair2367 That's sad about your father. I think it is a lovely idea being able to have them remembered and helping the RNLI at the same time.
@@pamfoster4894 r they are ship mates now 😀
The RNLI are amazing 👏, living in a costal town with a life boat station and having a RNLI volunteer as a neighbour, they have my utmost respect for what they do...our local RNLI regularly has fundraising days at the beach teaching the local kids how to stay safe in the water they even have their own mascot
'Saving lives at sea' is a programme worth watching
Great video 👍 they really are unsung heroes risking their lives for others. The boats going into the sea is pretty spectacular. Respect 🤩
I've been going to Blackpool by the coast for decades, the RNLI station on the seafront is always a standout landmark to me. They always run a family fun day each year to
I grew up on the coast and have seen first hand the amazing work the RNLI do. They are all heroes!!!
Cool little story is that my great grandad was one of the first Coxswain for the RNLI on the Isle of Wight. He also use to give his fish to the Royal Family to eat when they visited the Isle of Wight as he was a fisherman and landlord as well. We have a great picture of him presenting lobster to the queen. His picture is in the RNLI museum
My parents had a shop in Cromer, Norfolk, UK. Whenever the Offshore OR Inshore Lifeboats were launched, when the crew returned, they would knock on our back door for tobacco....which they were ALWAYS given for free. I am a HUGE RNLI supporter. We have two boats and MANY Lifeguard volunteers on our MANY beaches!! Look up Cromer, Norfolk. The launching of the Offshore boat happens, it's spectacular! The Coastguard station also launches rockets...one for the Inshore boat...two for the Offshore boat. One of the aluminium rockets landed near me and my cousins..
.they're red hot when they land...narrowly missed us...I got to it first and still have that flare container. The Cromer Lifeboat engineer was a lifelong friend....💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪❤
The motto of the RNLI is "We never turn back" Can you imagine some of the Sea and ocean conditions they face. No shortage of volunteers for the training.
The motto of the RNLI is, " With courage, nothing is impossible "
This is a great organisation, they are essential here in Shetland and have saved a lot of people. Awesome people and they train once a week to keep up to date
please review the penlee lifeboat disaster the dedication of these unsung heroes is amazing ..keep up the good work x
My wife and her first husband grew up in Mousehole and knew the crew who were lost.
We gone back every year and she pays her respects to her friends who were lost.
I was rescued by the RNLI one Christmas when my dingy overturned off the shore and I couldn't get it upright due to the tide, winds and waves all being contrary. In the end I tied myself to the boat and waited, as I had heard the maroon explode above the seaside town I was near, and that is the signal for the lifeboat men to hurry to the lifeboat station and man the lifeboat. Unfortunately it was at about 1.00pm, just when they were all sitting down to their Christmas dinners. Since I knew most of the men, who all drunk at the same pub as me, I had quite a few drinks to buy as a thank you to all these brave men who rescued me.
Regards. Derek.