Arran Rnli

Not all training sessions involve going afloat!
Tonight the crew mounted a cleanup operation around the station after the 'inclement' weather to ensure we are prepared to launch at any time!
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CALLOUT
Short Shout to Rescue Stricken Yacht
A quick response and short callout awaited the crew of Arran RNLI tonight as a yacht had difficulties in Lamlash Bay
... At 3.45pm on Thursday the 22nd of November Arran RNLI’s volunteer inshore lifeboat crew responded extremely swiftly as the pagers sounded to a yacht in distress in Lamlash Bay.
The Arran RNLI crew assembled and launched the relief inshore lifeboat Martin Harvey to come to the aid of a vessel in Lamlash Bay. Thanks to the busy visitor moorings callouts to Lamlash Bay are not uncommon for the volunteer crew at Arran RNLI. However this call was particularly swift as the vessel had suffered engine failure shortly before she was due to come off the water and as such was very close to the Arran RNLI lifeboat station. The crew reached the vessel in short order and established a tow, bringing the vessel fully towards the shore before assisting in the vessels recovery.
Arran RNLI Helm Brian Donlin said “Today was very much a case of good luck, bad luck. It’s extremely unlucky for the vessel to have suffered mechanical failure so close to the shore but fortunately this meant we were able to get on scene and assist extremely quickly.”
Photo Credit: Nemcsényi Rita
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Update!
As some of you may know our normal lifeboat the B-876 Rachel Hedderwick is recieving some much needed TLC at the ILC at Cowes, well the lovely people there have sent us some pictures of the boat! She'll be rested and ready for service again soon!

RECRUITMENT
The recruitment drive continues! The next role we're looking at is shore crew.
The main duties of a member of shore crew are:
... Assisting with the launch and recovery of the lifeboat on service and exercise
In conjunction with the crew and other volunteers, ensure the lifeboats and equipment are ready for service, once a service or exercise is completed
Contributing to the overall reputation of the Institution by being a good ambassador for the lifeboat station, afloat, ashore and in the community
An obviously huge part of the station is the crew who go out on the lifeboat both on service and as part of training. The crew train every week on Wednesday nights and crew are expected to train twice a month.
If you're interested in this or any of the other positions at the station as always let us know here or pop down to the station!
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RECRUITMENT
The recruitment drive continues! The next role we're looking at is shore crew.
The main duties of a member of shore crew are:
... Assisting with the launch and recovery of the lifeboat(s) on service and exercise
In conjunction with the crew and other volunteers, ensure the lifeboats and equipment are ready for service, once a service or exercise is completed
Contributing to the overall reputation of the Institution by being a good ambassador for the lifeboat station, afloat, ashore and in the community
Another way to put this is that shore crew are a vital part of the crew and essential to launching and recovering the lifeboat on service. As always if you are interested in the role please send me a message here and I will send you over a copy of the detailed person specification!
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RECRUITMENT
All as our recruitment drive continues down at the station today's post is to advertise our need for Deputy Launch Authorities (DLA'S).
The main duties of a DLA are:
... Authorising launch of the lifeboats In the absence of the LOM: Ensuring all operational activities are carried out to maintain the lifeboat and all associated equipment in a constant state of readiness for launching on service Leading the operations team and be a member of and represent operations on the Lifeboat Management Group (LMG) Liaising and maintaining close links with all local emergency services and representing the RNLI’s interests locally in all operational matters Ensuring regular meetings are held with the operations team and encourage open communication
A simpler way to put it is that the DLA's are second in command of the station and vital part of the team! As always if you are interested in the role please send me a message here and I will send you over a copy of the detailed person specification!
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RECRUITMENT
All,
Down at the station we're actively recruiting for a number of roles that I'll be posting information up on over the next few days, so without further ado!
... Lifeboat Operations Manager
The Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM) is the leading figure in any RNLI station. Some of the main responsibilities of the LOM are:
Authorising launch of the lifeboat Ensuring all operational activities are carried out to maintain the lifeboat and all associated equipment in a constant state of readiness for launching on service Leading the operations team and be a member of and represent operations on the lifeboat management group Liaising and maintaining close links with all local emergency services and representing the RNLI’s interests locally in all operational matters Ensuring regular meetings are held with the operations team and encourage open communication
If this sounds like something you would potentially be interested in please send us a message and we will send you a copy of the detailed person specification.
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First Call for New Crew At Arran RNLI
One of Arran RNLI’s newest crewmembers had their first call to action as the crew responded to a stricken yacht near Corrie.
At 1.05pm on Thursday the 8th of November Arran RNLI’s volunteer inshore lifeboat crew had to respond with haste as the pagers sounded to reports of a vessel in difficulty and possibly sinking off the coast of Corrie.
... The Arran RNLI crew assembled and launched the relief inshore lifeboat Martin Harvey to Corrie to establish the condition of the vessel and determine the best course of action. After arriving on scene the decision was made to tow the vessel into a safe port of harbour at North Corrie quay. This was a noteworthy callout as it marked new crewmember Caroline McGinlay’s first ‘shout’ with Arran RNLI.
Caroline said “Today’s rescue shows the value of the regular training we undertake. Upon reaching the stricken vessel, which had taken on water, the decision was quickly made to bring her in to harbour towing alongside. As this was something we did just last night in training it was great to see it done for real on my first shout.”
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Arran RNLI would like to congratulate our two newest helms Dave Nicholson and Brian Donlin.
Dave and Brian have both been training extremely hard recently and everyone at the station is thrilled to see their hard work pay off!
If you're interested in joining Arran RNLI we are currently recruiting for a variety of roles both sea going and those based ashore. We will be posting more information on the vacancies over the next few days here. Alternatively you can always pop down to the station for a chat on Wednesday nights or message us here!

Everyone it has been a busy few weeks here at Arran RNLI, we have had good news and bad news at things are as always moving forwards.
We have a few announcements that will be coming over the next few days but to start with a (admittedly badly belated!) congratulation to one of our helms Martin and his wife Katete on the birth of their daughter Orla!
As you can see Orla has already settled in well to life at the station and it's only a matter of time before we get a drysuit sorted for her!

A final update on todays callout with some video footage demonstrating the challenging conditions faced by all of the volunteer crews involved in today's rescue and some of the excellent teamwork demonstrated between the crews.

Some great pictures of today's callout featuring Arran, Largs, Troon and Tighnabruiach RNLI and Search and Rescue 199.

CALLOUT
Arran RNLI assists in yacht rescue
Arran RNLI’s volunteer crew sped to the assistance of a yacht with it’s crew in serious difficulty near Inchmarnock.
... At 2.35pm on Monday the 22nd of October Arran RNLI’s volunteer inshore lifeboat crew was called to the aid of a yacht with a seriously ill crewmember on board.
As the volunteer lifeboat crew launched the relief inshore lifeboat, Martin Harvey, the serious nature of the call became apparent the search and rescue helicopter was already en route along with both the RNLI inshore lifeboat from Largs and the RNLI all weather lifeboat from Troon. With reports that one of the crew of the yacht was having chest pains time was of the essence and all of the rescue crews made best speed to the casualty vessel.
Rescue helicopter 199 arrived on scene first quickly followed by Largs lifeboat who put two crew members aboard the vessel. Once aboard they assessed the crew member and started to administer casualty care. After deciding that evacuating the ill crewmember swiftly was of paramount importance, and due to the extremely challenging conditions, the Largs RNLI crew decided to beach their inshore lifeboat in order to allow the swift evacuation of the casualty by Rescue 199. Following this the Largs lifeboat was refloated by the volunteer crew of the Arran inshore lifeboat. The Largs crew then towed the yacht towards Tighnabruaich before passing the tow onto the Tighnabruaich RNLI crew who took the vessel back to safe harbour.
Arran RNLI helm Martin Wood said “Todays callout was time critical, this meant we had to push the Atlantic 85 to get on scene as quickly as possible in challenging conditions. Our colleagues at Largs performed an excellent evacuation of the casualty and when refloating Largs both crews showed amazing teamwork and professionalism.”
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Launched on service. Details to follow

It's with great regret and sadness that we have to announce the death of Dr Angus Campbell our Station Chairman and DLA on Wednesday 17th October. Since coming to the island in 1981 he served as Honoray Medical Advisor, crew, and helm serving on our D, C, and B class lifeboats. His love of the water, seamanship, contribution to water safety as well as his wise counsel will be sadly missed by us all.
Angus's funeral will be on Friday 26th October at 12 noon at Lamlash cemetery. Yolly has requested no flowers.

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This crew just been out again on a SAR in vile, cold weather and darkness. Credit to them all.

Amazing people amazing service. Deserve more than they get!!

This crew just been out again on a SAR in vile, cold weather and darkness. Credit to them all.

Amazing people amazing service. Deserve more than they get!!

This crew just been out again on a SAR in vile, cold weather and darkness. Credit to them all.

Amazing people amazing service. Deserve more than they get!!