Guest Blog Post – Exmouth RNLI
Exmouth RNLI Crew Exercises – Wednesday evenings
Our Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew are always ready, in all weathers, to head out to sea when people are in difficulty and need help. They train regularly on Wednesday evenings, usually launching the lifeboat on exercise at around 6.15 pm with recovery at around 8 pm. Check our Facebook page for the latest updates and come down and see them in action. https://www.facebook.com/ExmouthRNLI
Our volunteer shore and boat crews commit significant personal time to their training, so they are always ready to help others when the pager goes off.
Exmouth RNLI Tours
The lifeboat station is on Queens Drive, just across the road from the Foxholes car park. Come and take a free behind-the-scenes tour and find out from our volunteer guides what it takes to launch one of the lifeboats. Learn more about both of our lifeboats (the Shannon powered by water jets and the inshore lifeboat that’s launched on rescues an average of twice a week) and see the equipment that our volunteer crews use when they’re saving lives at sea.
Opening hours: 10.30 am to 3.30 pm, at weekends all through the year and every day from Saturday 27 July to Monday 2 September.
Exmouth RNLI Shop
Our Shop, located alongside the station, is operating extended opening hours during August. We will be open, as normal, from 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays. In addition, there will be late–night opening on Wednesdays from 5 pm until 7 pm, to complement Crew Training Sessions,and, at weekends, opening hours will be from 9 am to 6 pm.
We have a wide range of RNLI items including toys, hats, bags, gifts and Christmas Cards; and all you need for the beach. Check our Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/ExmouthRNLIShopFundraising/?locale=en_GB
Exmouth RNLI Welly Trail
Follow the RNLI200 Yellow Welly Trail and find the 15 locations around Exmouth with Yellow Wellies and a QR code linking to information about one of the 15 Exmouth RNLI volunteer Coxswains going back to the first coxswain who served from 1859 – 1880.
The trail is approximately 2.4 miles (4km). It doesn’t have to be done in the same day and there are no hills. Free Welly Trail maps are available from Exmouth Lifeboat Station and the Exmouth Tourist Information Service. Here is a link for more information including a full list of stockists: https://www.exmouthlifeboat.org.uk/the-welly-trail/
RNLI Lifeguards
Our RNLI lifeguard colleagues, who are patrolling Exmouth beach daily between 10 am and 6 pm, will extend their coverage from 6 July to 1 September, opening their second post on Exmouth beach and one at Sandy Bay. Look out for the red and yellow flags which means that the lifeguards are in operation, and it is safe to swim there. Following extensive training, they offer preventative advice and a lifesaving service.
Exmouth RNLI 200 Mural
Look out for the huge mural honouring the Exmouth RNLI volunteers past and present on Manchester Road, off Imperial Road. It was created by local street artist Gary Cook, known as Garf, who also painted the yellow wellies around the Trail.
RNLI 200 display in Exmouth Museum
In addition to their numerous exhibits on the history of Exmouth, Exmouth Museum are hosting a special display to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI.
Exmouth RNLI have supplied exhibits including helmets to try on, life jackets, and models of lifeboats. There are also two screens showing historical photos and film of Exmouth’s lifeboats and various other exhibits.
Exmouth Museum, on Sheppard’s Row, is open 10 am to 4 pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 1pm on Saturdays.
The RNLI Exhibition will be at the Museum until it closes for winter on Friday 2nd November.
Exmouth RNLI open as usual
Work will be going on over the summer to the roof which will require scaffolding. The lifeboat station will operate as normal with both the Shannon and the inshore lifeboat ready to launch at any time. For safety reasons, pedestrian access will be cut off along the seafront but there will be a diversion around the back of the station. Exmouth RNLI Shop will be open and Tours will go ahead as usual.
