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dclass1.jpg (36397 bytes)                       dclass2.jpg (37957 bytes)                 helene.jpg (49841 bytes)              LB_DUKE_SENIOR003.jpg (276201 bytes)

The above black & white pictures are reproduced courtesy of the Whitstable Times

 

recruit1.jpg (105723 bytes)   Preparing to launch

 

 

LB RAMP CD1.jpg (338184 bytes)   Returning a broken-down speedboat to the 

    launching ramp at Whitstable

 

 

angelina.jpg (254731 bytes) Landing the survivors from the service to the dory "Angelina" on 28th May, 2000. These choppy conditions are within the shelter of Herne Bay Harbour.

 

                   

              leejay.jpg (325950 bytes)

A fishing boat is towed into Whitstable harbour                                     

 

 

                                             

          

 

      

suggs.jpg (105779 bytes)  Pop singer Suggs opens our new boathouse 30th September 2000

                       

 

 

aground.jpg (254808 bytes)   This yacht ran aground off Sheppey in December 2002                         

 

   

 

            washdown.jpg (315172 bytes)

The boat, tractor & carriage have to be washed down after every launch.

Here former crew member Andy Lock performs the task.

 

 

 

harty1.jpg (298670 bytes) This inflatable, a tender to a fishing boat, suffered engine failure at Harty Ferry

 in January 2002

 

 

spdbt.jpg (337062 bytes) Launching on another shout

 

 

 

tow.jpg (286229 bytes) Dave Parry & Richard Curtis with an 

angling boat in tow, June 2003

 

 

              

dinghy.jpg (298386 bytes)  A capsized dinghy is landed at Tankerton Sailing Club ramp. 

                                                           

     

recovery.jpg (89984 bytes)Recovery after an exercise Feb 2004..........

 

 

  22feb2004.jpg (114131 bytes)   .........and after a call

  twilight.jpg (367136 bytes)                                                 

 As darkness falls, a broken down speedboat is landed at the Whitstable launching ramp                                                                                                                         

    

      

helix.jpg (64786 bytes) Back in the carriage

 

 

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15sep.jpg (52335 bytes) Low water recovery, September 2003

 

launch.jpg (122668 bytes)          launch2.jpg (102246 bytes)          launch3.jpg (91537 bytes)   Launching on exercise Jan 2004.....

 

aerial.jpg (166077 bytes)  ........and washing down afterwards  

 

                      

 

LB YACHTAGROUND 22.05.04 CD1.JPG (107853 bytes)At low tide, the tractor has to push the boat a long way out before it has sufficient depth of water to leave the carriage

 

 

 

Net Recovery  - used when sea conditions prevent the boat being reversed into the carriage

These pictures are from an exercise in 2004

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