Pulling a fast one? There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that the RNLI trials team are looking for an alternative means of lifeboat propulsion and asked the Director to acheive 25 knots under oar! Brian Miles, right, is actually sampling life as a pulling and sailing lifeboatman in the Norfolk and Suffolk type lifeboat, James Leath at the National Collection of lifeboats at Chatham's historic dockyard..