RNLI unveils new £1.5m water-jet powered lifeboat (From Thisisdorset)

Used to work on the 'jet-boat' at MEXE when I was an apprentice but I don't think it was for saving lives, it had a machine gun mounted on its bow!

'Now the charity faces the tough prospect of financing more than 50 new Shannon class vessels, within the next decade, to replace the older boats it operates.'
The RNLI has loads of money, boatloads of the stuff.

"Now the charity faces the tough prospect of financing more than 50 new Shannon class vessels, within the next decade, to replace the older boats it operates".

"Projected figures show 50-plus Shannons will rescue more than 56,000 people and save the lives of more than 1,500".

Hilarious that the Chief Executive believes this new boat will reach casualties faster - they haven't long had a new style of lifeboat called Tamar - which was meant to be an "all singing, all dancing - leading edge of technology", we saw it at one of their HQ open days. Where does this incredibly wealthy charity believe the public are going to find the funds for this - and why when they have a plentiful supply of A1 standard boats already?

Crew - A1 fantastic - cannot fault them

Perhaps he would like to take a paycut from the charity and give a little to this fundraising event himself and reduce senior staff levels - too many who want to be at the top there, far too many taking obscenely high salaries....

In my experience they buy top quality, including the managers. Anything else is a waste of money when you're trying to get an important job done.RNLI stands out in Poole as somewhere that does things really well to an internationally high standard so it is a bit of a culture shock for some locals who come into contact with it.

Shaftsbury wrote:
"Now the charity faces the tough prospect of financing more than 50 new Shannon class vessels, within the next decade, to replace the older boats it operates". "Projected figures show 50-plus Shannons will rescue more than 56,000 people and save the lives of more than 1,500". Hilarious that the Chief Executive believes this new boat will reach casualties faster - they haven't long had a new style of lifeboat called Tamar - which was meant to be an "all singing, all dancing - leading edge of technology", we saw it at one of their HQ open days. Where does this incredibly wealthy charity believe the public are going to find the funds for this - and why when they have a plentiful supply of A1 standard boats already? Crew - A1 fantastic - cannot fault them Perhaps he would like to take a paycut from the charity and give a little to this fundraising event himself and reduce senior staff levels - too many who want to be at the top there, far too many taking obscenely high salaries....

Tamar class is much bigger, not launched from the beach, and is intended to go much further out to sea as opposed to protecting the shore

Maybe all the redundancies and taking the big boat away from here will help,to fund the new jet boats and the building work at the site near ASda.
The crews are the top quality bit.

rudolph_hucker wrote:

Shaftsbury wrote:
"Now the charity faces the tough prospect of financing more than 50 new Shannon class vessels, within the next decade, to replace the older boats it operates". "Projected figures show 50-plus Shannons will rescue more than 56,000 people and save the lives of more than 1,500". Hilarious that the Chief Executive believes this new boat will reach casualties faster - they haven't long had a new style of lifeboat called Tamar - which was meant to be an "all singing, all dancing - leading edge of technology", we saw it at one of their HQ open days. Where does this incredibly wealthy charity believe the public are going to find the funds for this - and why when they have a plentiful supply of A1 standard boats already? Crew - A1 fantastic - cannot fault them Perhaps he would like to take a paycut from the charity and give a little to this fundraising event himself and reduce senior staff levels - too many who want to be at the top there, far too many taking obscenely high salaries....

Tamar class is much bigger, not launched from the beach, and is intended to go much further out to sea as opposed to protecting the shore

I agree about Tamar, however they do have lifeguards that patrol the beaches that have their own boats and pwc's for the beaches - times are hard for everyone - how do they think this money will come by? Potentially corporate investment but not from the general public.
"RNLI stands out in Poole as somewhere that does things really well to an internationally high standard so it is a bit of a culture shock for some locals who come into contact with it.” - who waste a lot of money also - locals are aware of that. Perhaps internationally they are not aware of the waste? Again - to be clear, the crew cannot be faulted though.

It's only taken 40 odd years for the penny to drop for the" best brains in the business." If the river thames is still in UK waters ,they have used jet boats here before.