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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 !
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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!'
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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!
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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
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