Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to be carried out in extreme conditions. In this photograph, taken by Roger Jones, Second Coxswain Peter Gibbons of Lowestoft is preparing to fire the line-throwing gun on board the 47' Watson class lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick..