News and views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat services 8 Life at the sharp end including two Bronze Medal winning rescues The annual meetings 2001 18 Chairman Peter Nicholson reports on a year of great achievement plus awards to crews and fundraisers Team spirit 22 Some exciting ways for young adults to support the lifeboats 2000 rescue statistics 26 Another busy year for our lifeboat crews...

Around the Emerald Isle 28 RNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings continues his tour around the coast with a visit to Ireland Your letters Readers of The Lifeboat put pen to paper People and places Around and about the RNLI 31 32 The fundraisers Just some of the ways the money is raised List of launches 33 39 Station by station lifeboat launches for November 2000 to February 2001.