Article Archive for 5 January 2010
The RNLI and the Idiot
Sailing, boating of all sorts, canoeing, surfing and kayaking are popular pastimes. Marinas mushroomed around our coastlines. In a 2006 survey sponsored by Sunsail it was estimated that nearly 3.7 million Britons are regularly involved in watersports for recreation.
Sometimes through no fault of their own, difficulties are encountered and the first call is to the RNLI, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The RNLI is run solely on public donations; the government makes no direct contribution. It is manned by volunteers who give freely of their time.
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