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The crew at Poole lifeboat station

The present crew

Crew: Rod Brown
Role:  Lifeboat Operations Manager
Joined: 1993
Facts:  Sailmaker

Rod is our longest serving DLA and recently agreed to take on the job as LOM (Lifeboats Operation Manager) but don't tell his wife, Carole (she has been our station treasurer since 2001) The Station values and relies on his experience and he runs Quay Sails. He is not available during Boat Shows, when he can be found in the Guinness tent doing lots of business. He is a member of Poole Yacht Club and a keen yacht sailor.

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Crew: Rod Jenkins
Role:  Deputy Launching Authority
Joined: 2005
Facts:  Tug

Rod is a well known in Poole for his company "Rod Jenkins Marine" he used to be a local Fisherman and then went into marine engineering so he knows the harbour well. The crew look forward to having a shout when Rod is duty DLA as he always provides doughnuts for the crew,he made the mistake of doing it once !

 

Crew: Liam McKenna
Role:  Deputy Launching Authority
Joined: 2006
Facts:  Principal Relief Fleet Manager/ Boatyard Ops Manager at RNLI

Liam is the Principal Relief Fleet Manager RNLI HQ. He has been with the Institution 13 years. Before this he was to be seen cruising around the Med on the West Coast of Scotland, where he was a Charter Skipper / Ops Manager. He trained as a Marine Engineer, worked on Fishing trawlers and coasters, but the last time he got his hands dirty was about twenty years ago. His friends and family call him Big Fish, whether to do with his size or the fact that he has spent most of his life in or on the water, we don't know. Or maybe he just drinks like one!'

 

Crew: Nigel Burton
Role:  Deputy Launching Authority
Joined: 2006
Facts:  Landscape gardener and retired RNLI Crew and Training Officer

Nigel recently agreed to rejoin the crew as a DLA.

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Crew: Chris West

Role:  Deputy Launching Authority
Joined: 2002
Facts:  Marine Engineer

Chris is an engineer and an old hand at lifeboats, having served as a lifeboatman on the Isle of Wight. After many years of traveling around the world (well, the Mediterranean anyway) he has made Poole his home. Now he is more settled, he has acquired a family - a Jack Russell called Monty.Chris recently aquired a farm in Spain we look forward to his first crop of Oranges!

 

Crew: Watchman

Role:  Mascot
Joined: 1990
Facts:  Always On Duty !

The watchman is a handsome gnome made by a few of the retired crew. He sits on a steel pile and his job is to watch over the lifeboats. He once fell overboard after a passing boat's wash dislodged him and he was lost at sea for a while then Steve "X" volunteered to rescue him. Steve donned his diving suit and retrieved hime from the murky depths.

After a fresh lick of paint he was put back in position. He sits, quite contented, keeping an eye over both the boats in all weather.

 

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