Lifeboats live on in Oz Ex-Arun lifeboat, Spirit of Tayside, was sold to the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol and placed on station at Port Stephens, New South Wales in September. This picture was taken as the boat was being lifted out of the water at Tilbury docks, just prior to shipping.

Six Waveneys have also been sold to the RVCP and will be stationed at Botany Bay, Narooma, Ulladulla, Sidney, Broken Bay and Batemans Bay. Three of these vessels have already arrived in Australia, two more are due to arrive in Sidney as we go to press, and the final one will be saying g'day sometime in the new year..