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and the Crew Wives & Girlfriends
'pull' an Inshore Lifeboat from Brixham to Torquay! |
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 Saturday 28 January 2012
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The 2012 Torbay Lifeboat Crew SOS Day Challenge is to
raise, through sponsorship (and any other means that comes to mind!), some
£10,000 to fund the purchase new lifejackets for our Lifeboat Station
crew. You are invited to sponsor directly the
'crew' shown on the linked page or
contribute via the VirginGivingMoney link to support the team - thank you.
Businesses please note we will provide a link or
details against your sponsored individual (see
previous page). The minimum sponsorship for
individual 'lifeboat crew' members is £100 and for the 'wives &
girlfriends' £50 - Click buttons below for Sponsorship Letter and
Posters
'Palm FM' will provide regular updates on the progress
and two of the radio station team are expected to take part on the day.
The Challenge the station have taken on is to bring a
heritage 38ft wooden lifeboat - similar to the original 'Brixham Lifeboat
- The City of Exeter' by road from the RNLI Whitby museum and then on
Saturday 28 January 2012 take it to St Marys Bay (Mudstone). From there it
will be 'pulled' by oar by ten present day crew members dressed in the
gear of the early lifeboatmen of the 1800's, a Coxswain, Deputy
Coxswain and Bowman - the normal crew. The lifeboat weighs in excess of 4
tons. |
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The whole station team are involved and some 22
volunteer crew and 16 wives and partners will taking a direct part in the
Challenge with others in support. Two teams will be formed as below |
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The planned passage is from the beach where the first
Brixham lifeboat was launched St Marys Bay (Mudstone) to Brixham Harbour -
a distance of 3 miles - where the
present day lifeboat resides. The crew will be changed and the fresh crew
will then 'pull' the lifeboat across to Paignton and then on to Beacon
Cove (The Ladies Bathing Cove) where the first Torquay Lifeboat was based
in 1876. |
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| Provisional Schedule -
To be confirmed |
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Depart |
Arrive |
Distance |
Speed |
| Brixham - Paignton Pier |
10:00 |
12:30 |
6.5 miles |
3 mph |
| Paignton Pier - Torquay |
13:15 |
15:00 |
4.5 miles |
3 mph |
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| Mudstone - Brixham |
09:00 |
10:30 |
3.0 miles |
3 mph |
| Brixham - Paignton |
11:00 |
12:30 |
3.0 miles |
3 mph |
| Paignton - Torquay |
14:00 |
15:00 |
2.0 miles |
3 mph |
| Brixham - Paignton Pier |
Paignton Pier - Torquay |
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| If you feel energetic why not
walk the Coast Path from St Mary's Bay starting at 09:00 to end up
in Torquay at 15:00 - the route is a little over 12 miles - and you
have 6 hours to walk it. Meet up with the whole team at Paignton
Pier around 12:30 for lunch. Bring a good camera. |
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Meanwhile the wives and partners of the crew will
'pull' an inshore lifeboat by road from the lifeboat station through
Brixham and onwards to Paignton passing through the main shopping areas
and meeting the heritage lifeboat in the vicinity of Paignton Pier. From
there the ladies will head through Preston by road and onwards to Haldon
Pier to meet up once again with the lifeboat. A traditional act by the
ladies to meet the crew on their return from sea. They will of course have
buckets handy for donations towards meeting the Challenge or just drop money
into the lifeboat! |
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The classic lifeboat will be accompanied by the Torbay All
Weather Lifeboat and the vessel 'Annie May' as safety cover - any other
vessels wishing to join us are of course welcome.
The ladies will be
accompanied along the roads by 'SafeResponse' of Torquay
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| Tide Table - Sat 28
Jan 2012 |
| Low Water |
02:47 |
1.1 metres |
| High Water |
09:05 |
4.7 metres |
| Low Water |
15:06 |
1.1 metres |
| High Water |
21:22 |
4.4 metres |
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