RNLI Lyme Regis

27/10/2026

Good luck everyone this week! 🧡💙

Another busy week here at the College, welcoming dedicated volunteer crews from across the UK and Ireland for specialist RNLI training.

This week our crews are joining from - Angle, Arran RNLI, RNLI Bridlington, RNLI-Burnham on Crouch, RNLI Calshot, RNLI Dungeness, RNLI Fleetwood, RNLI Anstruther, RNLI Berwick upon Tweed, Broughty Ferry Lifeboat, Burry Port RNLI, RNLI Clacton, RNLI Exmouth, Fowey RNLI, Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Lifeboat, RNLI Harwich, Lough Swilly RNLI, Minehead RNLI, Newcastle RNLI, RNLI Port Talbot, Rock RNLI, Wells RNLI, Gravesend RNLI, RNLI - Humber,
RNLI Lyme Regis, RNLI Newbiggin, RNLI North Berwick, Ramsey Rnli, RNLI Walmer, West Mersea Lifeboat.

This week's courses include:
🔹 Crew Emergency Procedures
🔹 Boat Handling (Atlantic 85 / D Class)
🔹 Human Factors & Operational Decision Making
🔹 Casualty Care Course
🔹 Approved Engine Certificate
🔹 Introduction to DC Electrics
🔹 Afloat Mechanic

Every course helps ensure our volunteer lifeboat crews have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to save lives at sea when it matters most.

Good luck to everyone on their courses, and thank you for everything you do to help keep our coasts safe. 🌊

21/10/2026

The Met Office has issued an Amber wind warning for the much of the South West ahead of the arrival of Storm Austen later afternoon on Thursday.

RNLI urges public to stay safe near the coast. Those planning to visit the coast should take extra care, with large waves, strong winds and dangerous sea conditions possible.

RNLI Water Safety Manager, Ross Macleod said:
"Storm Austen is set to bring potentially dangerous conditions so we’re asking the public to stay vigilant and not take unnecessary risks. If you plan to visit the coast or a waterside location, we urge you stay a safe distance from the water as conditions could knock you off your feet or wash you into the sea.

"If you find yourself in trouble in the water, remember to Float to Live: Lie back in the water with your head so far back that your ears are wet, extend your arms and legs and try to relax as best as you can until you get control of your breathing before then calling for help or swimming to safety.

"If you see someone else in danger – do not enter the water yourself as you could also end up in serious difficulty. Instead, remember phone, float, throw – phone 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard; tell the struggling person to float; throw them something buoyant, like a life ring."

🛟 Stay safe!



📸 RNLI

20/10/2026

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20/10/2026

Volunteers from Lyme Regis RNLI launched their inshore lifeboat on Sunday afternoon (18 October) to go to the aid of a 4.5m open motorboat with three persons on board in difficulty 5nm off West Bay harbour.

The call from HM Coastguard came at 2:40pm requesting the lifeboat crew to assist a stricken motorboat which had suffered failure of its main engine and had been struggling for some time to reach harbour using a small auxiliary engine. Weather conditions at the time were a strong northerly wind of 20kts and waves up to 2.5m in height.

Lyme Regis volunteers assembled at the lifeboat station to await further information on the casualty vessel’s position before launching their Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Spirit of Loch Fyne at 2:58pm. They found the casualty vessel 5nm due south of West Bay making no headway against the strong northerly wind. The three people on board were fit, well and in no need of medical assistance.

Volunteer lifeboat Helm Jon Broome said: ‘In view of the adverse conditions there was no way the casualty vessel was going to make it back to harbour with its small auxiliary engine and was being carried out to sea. In the absence of a more suitable vessel, and given the risks to the people on board, we decided that towing the boat to safety was the best course of action.’

The lifeboat crew set up a tow and recovered the casualty vessel to West Bay harbour where it was met by harbour staff. The lifeboat crew then returned to Lyme Regis, arriving at 4:50pm.

This was the 40th service call for the volunteers of Lyme Regis RNLI in 2026, the year in which the lifesaving charity celebrates 200 years of association with the town.



📸 RNLI / Nick Marks

11/10/2026

Our very own Lyme Regis crew and various others from around the UK, undertook Command Course training this week at the RNLI college in Poole. This was an intensive 5 day residential. Training the next Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) Search and Rescue (SAR) unit commanders (also referred to as Helm).

All our crew volunteers undergo continuous intensive training to ensure that when every second counts, they have the skills and resilience needed to save lives at sea.



📸 RNLI

06/10/2026

Come along to this special edition of The Marine Theatre’s monthly Comedy Club, marking Lyme Regis RNLI's 200th anniversary.

Headlining this month is the acclaimed comedian, Tom Ward. Support comes from Jamie Allerton and Rich Spalding. Hosted, as ever, by the hilarious Tom Glover.

📍 Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
📅 Friday 27 November 2026
🍺 Bar opens 6.30pm
🕛 Starts 7.30pm
💰 £2 from every ticket will go towards the RNLI

🔗 BOOK NOW: https://www.marinetheatre.com/rnli-200-comedy-night/



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06/10/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Lyme Regis RNLI volunteers honoured for going the extra mile.

Five supporters of the RNLI in Lyme Regis, who together have served the charity for more than 120 years, have been honoured for long service and 'excellence in volunteering'.

The RNLI staged a major event at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, to 'recognise those who go the extra mile' in their roles as volunteer lifeboat crew and as fundraisers, enabling the charity to achieve its objective of saving lives at sea.

Volunteers throughout the south-west who received awards included Lyme Regis crew members Garry Gibbs and John Rickard, and fundraisers Sylvia Marler, Alan Vian and Ken Lavery.

Garry Gibbs, a Lyme Regis crew member for 30 years, who attended the event with his wife Alicia, said: 'It was good to see the RNLI not only recognising many hundreds of years of volunteering by supporters throughout the south-west region, but emphasising the sacrifices made by the families who make it possible for us to give up our time at home and at work.'

Sylvia Marler, 93, who has been fundraising for the RNLI in Lyme Regis for 30 years, was another award winner who attended the event in Dartmouth. During Lifeboat Week this year she helped with kite-making and assisted on the craft stall. She was also a volunteer in the lifeboat gift shop for many years.

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Photo 1: Award winner - Lifeboat crew member Garry Gibbs and his wife Alicia
Photo 2: Fundraiser Sylvia Marler (right) at the awards event with friend Marion Morris
Photo 3: Award event lunch at BRNC Dartmouth

02/10/2026

📣 The RNLI’s Lifeboat Station in Lyme Regis is looking for volunteers to join the existing team in the role of Inshore Lifeboat Crew 📣

📍 Lyme Regis, Dorset
🕛 Variable with weekly requirements
🛟 Team Lifesaving Operations
📅 Closing Date 25-10-2026

🔗 APPLY NOW
https://volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/ilb-crew-lyme-regis-620040.html?

The Lifeboat Crew are all volunteers, headed up by the Lifeboat Operations Manager and Launch Authorities and supported by a Shore Crew team. All boat and shore crew follow the RNLI’s national Competency Based Training Scheme and respond to pagers when there is a request to launch the lifeboats. The wider team includes volunteer fundraisers, shop volunteers and water safety volunteers.

This role will help us save lives at sea by ensuring that our lifeboats are in a state of permanent readiness and crewing the lifeboat on service and exercise, under the command of the Helm.

📸 Olly Rose / Blast Films

24/09/2026

The full amount has now been added up! 👉 https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/26561421.lyme-regis-lifeboat-week-raises-30-000-rnli/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1790247582

22/09/2026

Saving Lives at Sea - tonight Lyme Regis RNLI crew, Seb, Sam and Cris, will be featured in Episode 6 of the latest series.

📺 BBC2
📅 Tonight, 22 September
🕛 8pm

On one of the hottest days of the year, the Lyme Regis crew receive reports of a man suffering from heat stroke on a remote stretch of beach.

Be sure to tune in and not miss it.



📸 Olly Rose / Blast Films