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Crew: Rod Brown
Role: Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM)
Joined: 1993
Facts: Sailmaker
Rod is our Lifeboat Operations Manager and his wife Carole has
been our station Treasurer since 2001. He runs Quay Sails in Poole
and the station values and relies on his experience. He is not available
during boatshows, when he can be found in the Guinness tent doing
lots of business! He is a member of Poole Yacht Club and a keen
sailor.
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Crew: Rod Jenkins
Role: Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
Joined: 2005
Facts: Marine Civil Engineering Contractor
Rod is well known in Poole for his company Jenkins Marine. He used
to be a local fisherman and then went into marine engineering so
he knows the harbour well. The crew looks 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 (DLA)
Joined: 2006
Facts: Principal Refit Manager at RNLI Headquarters
Liam has been with the Institution for 14 years but before this
he was seen cruising around the Med and 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 20 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: Geoff Barfoot
Role: Deputy Launching Authority
Joined: 1987
Facts: Ironmonger
Geoff is the CE of Boone's, a very fine ironmonger’s store
in Poole High Street. He was a crew member for just over 20 years
until he decided to hang up his pager full time. He has however
kept his pager and become our newest deputy launching authority.
He is a dab hand at organising our crew barbeques and he makes a
mean paella!
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Crew: Pete Probut
Role: Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
Joined: 2009
Facts: Plumber/Fisherman
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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’ (an
‘ex’ crew member) volunteered to rescue him. Steve donned
his diving suit and retrieved him 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 weathers.
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