Future crew Max is following in his dad’s footsteps at Wells RNLI
It is probable that every lifeboat station has its share of young supporters, and the crew and volunteers at Wells RNLI are no exception.
Recently Max, aged 10, was out with his dad Richard a crew member on both Wells RNLI lifeboats, when his pager went off.
Max loved the excitement of it so much, he has a further two visits to the station since Wednesday and has been telling all his friends about the RNLI.
He was given a tour of the station, and his dad explained the importance of the lifesaving work the RNLI does, Max is eager to visit again.
Max was shown the station’s Shannon and D class lifeboats during crew training, and tried on some of the volunteer crew’s kit.
It looks like the RNLI has got a future volunteer and perhaps a crewmember.
Notes to editors
Wells RNLI has a D class inshore lifeboat Peter Wilcox and a Shannon class all- weather lifeboat Duke of Edinburgh. The boathouse and the all-weather lifeboat were new in 2022. The Duke of Edinburgh lifeboat was the first UK Launch a Memory lifeboat, which has 15,000 names printed on the decals. This helped to raise much needed funds for the RNLI and attracts thousands of visitors to the station.
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