Book description
Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people's hearts as unpaid
volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse
conditions to rescue others from the sea.
The stories that go with lifeboats and their crews are those of
courage, sacrifice, community and our coastline. No matter if one is on
holiday by the coast, or living inland, we are always aware of the work
these brave crews do, and also aware of the tremendous affection the
RNLI has throughout the whole of the British Isles. An island race
appreciates those who risk their lives continually to help those
endangered at sea.
May-Day! May-Day! showcases the work, over many years, that the RNLI
crews have undertaken, using the technology and training of their time
to go out into dangerous waters to rescue people. It contains a great
deal of useful/technical information to give the reader all the
background information to the science of saving lives at sea.
The RNLI is close to the hearts of the British public, who want to know
more about their work today, but also historically how they have
evolved. With archive material, first-person interviews of station
commanders, rescuers, etc. plus scientific illustrations and maps, this
book will be the first to bring together the history and technology,
people and crews, triumphs and disasters of the RNLI together in one
book. Karen Farrington and Nick Constable are freelance reporters who
run their own company - Westcoast News - in Parracombe. Nick won the
National Press's Independent Short Story Award five years ago with a
20th anniversary piece on the 'Penlee Lifeboat Disaster'. They are very
close this subject matter.
