Charlie said: 'When we got there, the boathouse door was open and, on the spot where we first met, Ed took me completely by surprise and dropped down on one knee to propose.'
Ed has been volunteering at Hunstanton for 14 years and is one of the helms on board the station's fast inshore lifeboat (ILB)
Spirit of West Norfolk.
Charlie joined the crew 10 years ago and is a commander on the hovercraft
Hunstanton Flyer as well as being an ILB helm.
Romance blossomed eight years ago over the chart table in the crew room during a navigation exercise.
'We went to the pub after training one evening and we shared a plate of nachos,' said Ed.
'I remember saying that nothing good can come from eating crisps for dinner - turns out I was wrong.'
The couple took a break from celebrating their engagement for their regular Sunday stint on exercise with their crew mates, with Ed taking the ILB to King's Lynn for boat handling drills, while Charlie rolled her sleeves up for mud rescue training with the hovercraft crew.
RNLI picture captions
Picture credits: RNLI/Chris Bishop.
Notes to editors
Hunstanton is one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Norfolk, whose volunteers operate the fast inshore lifeboat
Spirit of West Norfolk and the search and rescue hovercraft Hunstanton Flyer.
Like more than 230 RNLI stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, its lifesaving work of is funded entirely by the generosity of those who donate towards the charity that saves lives at sea.
RNLI media contacts
For more information call Chris Bishop, Hunstanton RNLI volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer on 07584 147219 or Clare Hopps, RNLI Regional Communications Manager, North and East on 07824 518641 or contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.
RNLI/Chris Bishop
Hunstanton RNLI volunteers Ed Napolitano and Charlie Parfitt have got engaged
The RNLI charity 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 146,000 lives.
