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Keith Murphy
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David Needham
Senior ILB Helmsman
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Paul Rogers
ILB Helmsman
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Joined October 1982.
Ben is married to Irene with two daughters which have now flown the nest. He works at Eastbourne College as Chef/Manager in the catering dept.
Due to his experiance he tends to be the Radar man.
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Joined 22 years ago
Keith is one of the ALB Navigators.
He works as yardsman for Clarke Roofing.
Main interests are yachting, dinghy racing for 30 years and has raced National European & world championships. |
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Joined 1988.
Started on Station as part of his Duke of Edinburgh scheme and has been here ever since. Married to Tracey and has two children Jade and Ryan, Works as deputy harbour master at Sovereign Harbour and his younger brother Peter is an ILB Helmsman.
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Paul Rogers.
oined 1993,
One of the stations ILB Helmsmen and AWB Navigators.
Married to Dawn who used to crew the ILB and was onboard in 1997 when Ian Stringer was awarded a Silver medal.
Has a daughter Sydney and son Charlie.
Paul works as a plumber.
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Adie Leese
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Guy Emery
(Paramedic)
3rd Mechanic
(Retained)
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David Riley
ILB Helmsman
ALB Navigator
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Peter Needham
ILB Helmsman
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Joined June 2002
Adie is one of the ALB navigators, works for Orange personal communications as a rigger.
He worked as an Arctic trawler man out of Grimsby when he first left school. Interests include DIY, most of it spent working on the second Coxswains yacht.
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Joined August 2004
Works as a paramedic with Sussex Ambulance Service married with two daughters. As a sailing instructor Guy is a keen sailor and has his own yacht moored in Sovereign harbour, He is also a qualified motor mechanic which makes him a useful asset to the station.
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Joined 1997.
Was on the crew the night of the Paperchase shout.
worked for Sovereign Harbour for 9 years.
Is now an ILB Instructor at RNLI college Poole
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Joined 1996
Works with Ian Stringer at Eastbourne buses maintenance department and is usually the chief instigator of all the micky taking out on Ian, much to everyone else’s delight and does not seem to mind the dirty jobs this bring on.
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Ian Pattison
ILB Helmsman
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Andy Chatton
ILB Helmsman
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Alan Simister
ILB / ALB Crew
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David Love
ALB Crew |
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Joined December 1999
AKA Taffy due to the fact he is the only Scouscer on the crew.
Ian is married to Leesa and has four children.
Taffy used to be the Marina Boson at Sovereign Harbour,
Ian is now a building contractor.
He is an ILB Helmsman and ALB crewmember.
Previous boating experience is traveling from the pier head to Birkenhead on the Mersey Ferry.
If you need cheap electrical's,
go see Taffy!!
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Joined April 2001
ILB Helmsman and ALB Crewmember
Works next to the ILB station as manager /director of Southern Head Fisheries.
His main hobby is riding his motorbike and scuba diving |
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Joined July 2003
Alan Works in support services at a local college and is single He is an officer with the local sea cadet corps and is in charge of boat handling and training.
His hobbies include Dinghy sailing and kayaking. |
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Joined April 2003
Dave has lived in Eastbourne for over five years. He is married with an eight year old daughter (Emily) She is a member of the Lifeboat junior crew and is always keen to rattle a tin for the RNLI.
Daves other interests include sailing and fishing.
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Richard Larmour
ILB / ALB Crew |
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Trevor Moule
ILB / ALB Crew
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Simon Elliott
ALB Crew |
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Joined Nov 2004
Richard lives with his Wife and his pet dog Reggie.
He works locally
as Manager for
P.J. Chaffin
tree surgery.
Makes for interesting entertainment when his pager goes off while He is up a tree.
His priority is ILB crew but has just started ALB training Jan 2006
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Trevor works for P.J.Chafins,
alongside fellow crewman Richard Larmour. Trevor’s first shout was to a 29.000 ton chemical tanker with a crewman suffering from severe scald burns.
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Simon Elliott
aka WALRUS (the reason for which being fairly obvious) is married to Linda and has 2 children, both kids having now flown the nest
Linda and Simon recently moved to a house on the harbour with their 3 cats and 2 dogs. WALRUS has a penchant for large old things
(vehicles that is) he loves Harley Davidson Motorcycles his 1955 Cadillac and his day to day transport, a 30 year old Land rover called Lilly. He says that being a member of the Eastbourne Crew is the best thing he does while keeping his clothes on. |
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Joined August 2004
Hayley lives within the Harbour complex and crews the All Weather Lifeboat.
Best friend is cat Millie. Interests are walking, horses and summer holidays spent in Cyprus.
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Nick French
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Pete is studying International Relations and his hobby is rifle shooting! Due to his studies he is known as Kofi Annan. He has joined his University St Johns. Very useful, if he loses an argument he will shoot you and then bandage you up!
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Joined april 1999
Married to Charis.
Tims Dad Richard (Dick)is a long standing shorehelper and Brother Dan is the station mechanic.
Tim works at Screwfix Direct.
Hobbies include football, speedway and doing his best to wind up Dan. |
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Joined 2007
married to michelle has six children.
Has worked as motor mechanic for 20 years. Hobbies fixing up kit cars and spending time with my family and friends.
Nick is at present a shore helper awaiting confirmation of becoming a trainee Crew Memeber.
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Lifeboat Medical Advisors
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Dr Colin McKee
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Colin is the Lifeboat Doctor and has worked as a GP in Eastbourne since 1975.
He now works with the Fire Service as their Doctor.
His main role on the boat is keeping out of the way until a medical emergency arises when He actually has to do something useful.
Colin is nearing his sell by date and is hoping that a younger doctor will take over his role soon.
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Joined in 2005
Stephen is a GP in Eastbourne.
He has enjoyed sailing all his life,
still prefers sails to motors on boats but has discovered the excitement of both.
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Joined January 1974
Long standing shore helper father of Dan the mechanic, Tim shore helper and also has a daughter Sophie. Married to Liz, Dick is often first at the station for a call out and gets the boarding boat ready to take the crew out to the ALB and also supervises the wash down and refuelling preparations. Dick works for Alfa laval Pumps and his main hobby is speedway.
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As a shore helper rod is the stalwart of the Boats refuelling system which he operates and keeps a log of how much fuel is taken aboard the ALB.
Rod is a retired welder and still seems capable of welding anything to everything.
He is married to Margaret and has three children which have flown the nest. |
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Dave is a Plant Fitter and drives about Sussex making machinery work again. The Station’s BobCat is his pride and joy. Has two young children who take up quite a bit of his time.
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Joined Sept 2003
Paul sails out of Sovereign Harbour in "Libertad" a
Halberg Rassey 42'.
He works in the Oil and Gas industry as a fast rescue boat instructor and sea safety auditor.
First joined the RNLI as a Sea Safety volunteer working with Seacheck.
To promote Seacheck he sailed "Libertad" around Britain in 2002 with RNLI crew. Paul is a shore helper at Eastbourne lifeboat station. |
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JoinedAugust 2005
Alan moved to Eastbourne in 2000 after living in Northern Ireland.
He is married with four children and is an active member of the Eastbourne Angling club where he berths his seventeen foot fishing boat.
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Joined Feb. 2005
Bob lives on Sovereign Harbour with his
partner Lynne and sails a Bavaria 32 yacht.
He is a keen golfer and recent past captain
of Lewes Golf Club. Member of the RNLI
Sea Safety Team
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Joined 2004
Brian works at Gatwick airport as an aircraft technician working for British Airways. Lives in the Harbour with Wife Christine who is a shore helper on the station. Hobbies include fly fishing when he has time.
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Joined April 2001
Lyn joined as a shore helper. She has spent four years crewing the Allchorn pleasure boats and is married to a local fisherman.
Lyn owns four horses and enjoys competing and teaching, enjoys music, playing violin and guitar.
Also known as Mrs Kipling for supplying homemade cakes.
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Joined 2005
Christine is married to Brian a fellow shore helper.
Christine works at Gatwick Airport as a fleet administrator, hobbies are shopping and lunching with friends. A lot of time is spent as Secretary to the Fundraiser's for Eastbourne Lifeboats.
Christine spent a lot of time helping with the raffle at the Regatta
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Joined 2005
Sue is a shore helper and lives in the south harbour at Sovereign harbour, Sue is also an active member at Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club and enjoys yacht sailing and racing and her partner Brian is the Yacht Club Commadore.
She also makes a lovely cuppa too when the crew returns from an ex/shout.
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