There was excitement a-plenty aboard the Yorkshire Belle last Sunday as the Family Cruise proved more action-packed than a TV show full of car chases.
The crew from Flamborough RNLI station were out on their regular Sunday morning training session and asked Skipper Peter to come alongside as part of the exercise. After a brief word with volunteer Geoff Edmondson, permission was granted and then one of the crew boarded the boat, as they might have to do in an actual rescue situation.
The children especially loved meeting the real-life heroes and the seabirds they spotted later had some stiff competition as to what was the best thing they saw on the cruise.
There's been a lifeboat stationed at Flamborough since 1878 and the craft they currently use (for those of a technical nature) is an inshore Atlantice 85 lifeboat. The crew have been presented with 16 awards for gallantry. You can find out more about them at: www.rnli.org
Flamborough lifeboat makes its first pass of the Yorkshire Belle
The lifeboat moves in close as part of its training exercise
Permission to pull alongside is granted by the Yorkshire Belle's skipper
The crew board the Yorkshire Belle much to the delight of the passengers...and our female volunteers.