Looe RNLI volunteers represent the “Twelfth day of Fishmas”

Six Boat crew + Six Shore crew = Twelve Lifeboat Crew

Looe RNLI’s volunteer crew were delighted to help celebrate the "Twelfth day of Fishmas", joining colleagues from the Blue Light services together with town groups and organisations celebrating the 12 days of Christmas in the Creative Looe - United by the Sea "Heroes of Looe" 2026 calendar. The team from Creative Looe recently photographed twelve of our volunteer crew in the boathouse with the charity’s Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Sheila and Dennis Tongue II in the background.

Three of our volunteer crew can also be spotted in the groups representing the Sixth and Seventh day of Fishmas, Our former Lifeboat Operations Manager Dave Haines joins fellow ferrymen in the June picture and two of our gig rowing crew join Looe Rowing Club’s Mens A crew to represent July in the calendar. They are volunteer helm Dan Margetts, a member of the Mens A crew who first won the World Gig Championships back in 2018 and Nathaniel Rothwell who went on to row in every Mens A team that has successfully held onto the championship each year since. Nathaniel was also a member of the Oars of Thunder team who rowed the Atlantic Ocean this time last year in the World's Toughest Row.

Creative Looe's “United by the Sea” project focuses on providing & supporting creative projects for the young people in the town giving them a more valued sense of belonging, connecting them with the towns rich culture and history. By working with local artist & community groups they are finding ways to showcase how fantastic the youth of Looe are.

Creative Looe have started to release, verse by verse, their Cornish-language version of the Fishmas song, and on Christmas Day they will unveil the full length film, saying “by then, everyone should know the song in both English and Kernewek — a truly bilingual Looe Fishmas!”

Calendars are £8.50 and are available from both Co-op stores in Looe, The Guildhall Market, and Looe Library. Creative Looe CIC give all proceeds back into the community, helping fund creativity in the town.

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Notes to editors

Photos:

· Twelve Lifeboat Crew
Photo credit Creative Looe / Lizzy Orcutt

Information:

· Re-established as an inshore lifeboat station in 1992, Looe RNLI operate two inshore lifeboats
An Atlantic 85 Sheila and Dennis Tongue II and a D Class Ollie Naismith II

· For further information on Looe RNLI Lifeboats please visit our website https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/looe-lifeboat-station

· Looe RNLI Facebook page www.facebook.com/LooeRNLI

· Creative Looe website https://www.creativelooe.org/

Media contacts

For more information please telephone

Ian Foster, RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for Looe Lifeboat Station, on 07902 753228 or [email protected] or [email protected]

or Emma Haines, RNLI Regional Communications Manager, on 07866 668847 or [email protected]

or Amy Caldwell, RNLI Regional Communications Lead, on 07920 818807 or [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,700 lives.

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Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

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