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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2021
- Being a lifeboat crew member means answering the call to rescue even when the conditions would make most turn back.
In this video we have collated footage from four of the roughest weather rescues of 2020, as our crews and their lifeboats tackle tough conditions to save lives at sea.
Cover image by Nigel Millard.
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The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, lifeboat crews around the UK and Ireland are ready to launch to help those in need. Whether you're stuck on a sinking ship, cut off by a rapidly rising tide, or in the water and close to drowning, RNLI crew members will drop everything to come to your rescue. 95% of RNLI lifeboat crews and station staff are volunteers.
But it’s not just lifeboats. RNLI lifeguards patrol 248 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, keeping people safe, providing safety advice and rescuing those in trouble. Education volunteers visit schools and swimming clubs to help teach the next generation how to enjoy the water safely. And volunteer fundraisers and shop workers give up their time to generate vital funds. The RNLI is also working to help communities around the world that are most at risk of drowning.
If you spot someone in trouble in the water, call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard.
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Rumour has it that the self righting mechanisms on lifeboats is actually the tremendous weight of the balls of the crew acting as a counterweight.
I've had a lot of experience at sea, and cameras never really capture how rough the sea is. No matter haw bad it looks, it's probably ten times worse actually experiencing it. Thank you for saving lives.
Thank you for that insight and for your support, Darcy ❤
Tough As You Get It, My Late Grandfather Was A Coxsman On Dublin, Ringsend RNLI, Life Boat Way Back When They Hade To Row As Well, The Men & Women Of The RNLI Are Heroes 🇮🇪🇬🇧💚
My eyes are full of tears and my heart overflows with joy knowing that people still believe that lives matter. God protect each member of the RNLI... this world is better with you on board... I follow from Brazil and had to sign up
Thank you so much for your support Marcus. We'll launch no matter what the weather, 24/7, 365 days a year ❤
The RNLI are heroes. There’s no way around it.
That takes some serious strength to be pulling human body's out of the water like that... especially with crushing waves trying to pull them from your grip...
Truly a heroic bunch of people
I'm surprised those little boats dont sink with all those giant steel balls on board.
Thank you for risking your lives to save others. And thank you to everyone involved with ensuring the RNLI exists.
RNLI Thank you for Watch You do 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hero's that do it for no reward! Amazing. Thank you all.
I remember Storm Ciara, my family and I went down to Newhaven to watch the waves break over the sea wall and lighthouse. 80mph gusts are no joke. I got some awesome pictures however, demonstrating the power of the sea as it crashed over the sea walls.
the sea can be absolutely relentless...well done to you guys
I love how you try to recover the boats and equipment when rescuing someone, shows that you care from a seaman to another seaman.
I do as well. Sometimes it's a person's or families entire lives tied to that craft, they did it in big seas as well, I'm impressed.
Thank you guys
Absolute respect for the RNLI. However, having been caught aground on a mud bank in the Severn estuary, only yesterday and rescued by the independent lifeboat of SARA (Severn Area Rescue Association). I just want to give a shout out for those unsung heros.
Thank you.
Amaze me every time I watch one of these videos. Brave people always in my prayers.
Thank you for your kind words Kevan.
It takes a special kind of person to do what you guys do balls of steel hearts of gold thank you to one and all of the RNLI family
'RNLI crew members will drop everything to come to your rescue. 95% of RNLI lifeboat crews and station staff are volunteers'. Awesome everyday hero's. If your feeling charitable the RLNI are worthy of your donations.
@@trigpoint1936 Yeah my comment did not age so well, seeing as they have now become the illegal migration taxi service. Still think the guys and girls putting their lives on the line are hero's. just think the Politicians have let them down with them becoming party to the mass influx of illegals.
God bless every single one of them, true heroes, every last one of them
None are better at what they do than the RNLI. Thanks ladies and gents.
The crews would say 'all in a day's work'.
Us ordinary mortals see this and are speechless.
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Without these guys.....they’d be so many more deaths out to sea 🌊
tthis rescue is exactly why I support the lifeboats of the RNLI.They do a very dangerous job with not any thought for their own lives.
hats off, very brave!
I have a RIB myself and know that there are 1000 wrong ways to approach waves like this. And RNLI always nails it! Right angle, right speed, right pacing, right timing. Love to see such well educated and brave men heading out to save lives. Hats off.
big balls. thank you.
Bravest of the brave thank you
The bravest of the brave!! Hats off and hoorah to the heroes of RNLI!!! #aboveandbeyond
The severn class lifeboat is the king.!!!!!
Amazing commitment, truly fearless to go out in that type of weather.Wondeful,well done all!
Proof that true heroes don't wear capes...
Brilliant video collection and great job as usual, keep it up and stay safe 👍🏻🧑🏻
Heroes
Impressive! The surfer rescue was timed perfectly as the team worked together...and with the surfer secure on board, the final part was to pull in his surfboard too. Commendable crew with "b*lls of steel!"
Neznam sto reci ovo izgleda jako opasan posao.To je moj komentar.Veliki Heroji koji zrtvuju svoj zivot.
Wow!!! Thank you hero’s !!!!!
Thanks for watching Rick!
Heroes simple as!!!
Absolute legends!
This looks like amazing and fulfilling work, wish there was something similar in the states.
something like the U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue ? ;)
Thanks you!
Legends one and all 👍🏻
정말 잘만들었다 나도 하나 가지고싶네~
👏👏👏🤘😘
If I lived in your country I would feel really safe knowing these boats and crew are around 🙂
I would love to see a video on the engine and inside whilst boats are in dock
Makes it better is the fact 95% of crews are fully unpaid volunteers!
Every one of them a hero
Respect
And all during covid lockdown. Nice
Thank you Annie
YAY IM FINALLY EARLY
Someone should film all they're actions and bring this to TV as a show. I would pay for it and a lot more people need to know about this kind of people who risk it all to save life's.
Thank you for the kind words about our crew. There is a documentary show called Saving Lives at Sea which follows our rescues at sea. It's broadcast on BBC2 in the UK 🙂
@@rnli Its hard to find words to express how much admiration and respect i and many others have for such brave and fantastic people. Thanks for the kind reply and the the suggestion regarding the documentary i will see if there is any way to be viewed outside of UK.
Thank you for brightening our morning with such kind words!
They do often put it on iPlayer, if you can get that Ap. Sadly they have not released a DVD.
@@rnli Im glad if my words bring a little joy over there hopefully you guys also have some much needed good whether . I tried to access iPlayer but sadly its restricted to UK only. I do hope one day the Saving lives at sea goes international so that anybody can see it. On a funny note, is it true the members from RNLI are descends from Poseidon himself? that would explain how a group of amazing people are able to battle with the raging sea and tame even the worst weather possible
That means so much to us and our crews, thank you 🙏
Bravo Zulu, Lifeboatmen..........................
Good video Ruined by Background NOISE. GOD BLESS..
Thank you William, we appreciate your feedback
Fistly, respect. But why go broadside on to surf & run the risk of capsizing in shallow water? Would this be considered an error in judgement or were there other factors?
Hi Simon, you might be interested to watch the full story in the Saving Lives at Sea episode about this rescue on iPlayer, but what's not shown here is that the coxswain had made several aborted attempts to beach the lifeboat at Hastings, but the severe conditions meant he could not maintain the required speed to do so safely. The lifeboat was turning back out to sea in extremely poor visibility and violent surf when the knockdown occurred. The crew then had a very long and rough ride to the nearest sheltered harbour. An extremely challenging shout for them all.
Our gov should pay every member of the crew
heros
Is that where I think it is, fort perch rock at new brighton on the wirral? That's where it looks like at 1:43.
Hi Mark! It is. You can watch the full video about it here: rnli.social/3anAwHW
@@rnli I thought so, I've been there loads of times and you have to choose the right day to visit the fort as it gets cut off by the tide. And the waves there get HUGE! And the tide there absolutely races out really fast because the river current and the tide both flow together, so it's definitely not a place for paddling or swimming or surfing etc. And I think some of the visiting ship's captains try and take their ships out on the fast outgoing tide to save a fortune in fuel.
Can it be too rough to launch?
Hi Colin, it could be. Our inshore lifeboats can operate in up to Force 7, but our all-weather vessels can take on pretty much anything!
I really want to do this
why are they called a casualty?
Because they have lost their boat i think ?
Hi there, in RNLI speak it's a generic term we use for the person or vessel we're trying to rescue, rather than a medical description.
Yea guessed it , they were talking about the boat :)
@@rnli Cool, thanks
Why do people surf in a storm?
Heroes. Even the women have ‘balls’ of steel tucked away somewhere. How do they do this? I’d be a gibbering wreck.
Who dared to downvote this?
Poseidon 🌊
This is ther rescue service who originated the line you have to go out
Got to be Britain's oldest emergency service right?
Just by 7 months, the Edinburgh fire brigade was founded 24/10/1824. The first municipal fire brigade.
@@douglasstocks9698 wasn't expecting sutch a comprehensive answer so soon. I've heard of the municipal Edinburgh fire brigade didn't know haw old it was. before that was brigades employed by insurance companies I think.... cheers !
@@elwolf8536 yes they were. James Braidwood who set it up went on to set up the London fire brigade
These people are hero's thank you all. PEOPLE I BEG YOU TO STOP DONATIONS AND REDIRECT THEM TO UK HOMELESS. SOME OF THESE HOMELESS FOUGHT FOR US IN WARD AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME LUXURYS AS MIGRANTS WHO ARE GIVEN HOTELS AND FOOD AND MONEY. PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TO UK HOMELESS.
people make their own choices who to donate to. There are numerous worthy causes and the RNLI is one of many.
My money, my choice. Animal charities all the way for me.
Ya daft racist.
Lost all respect for the life boats when they became migrant taxis