Chris Hoffman of McMurdo Marine (left) handed over a cheque for over £3,000 to RNLI Director, Andrew Freemantle, at the London Boat Show 2000.

The money was raised in support of the RNLI's 175th anniversary from the sales of special promotional packs of marine safety equipment from the Pains-Wessex safety systems range.

Pains-Wessex has a long relationship with the RNLI and for many years has supplied marine distress signals and smokes to its lifeboat fleet..