In this issue News 2 Letters 9 Feature From saving goals to saving lives 10 A football tournament on Bournemouth beach in the summer kicked off a fun day of fundraising 14 Lifeboats in action Amazing rescues - including accounts of one lightning quick rescue of two surfers and one all-night rescue of a trawler and its crew The crew 26 Feature How do you prepare for a coastal walk? 28 Experts advise on how to avoid all the hazards of walking along a coastal path or beach Feature View from the cockpit 30 James Ferguson hitches a ride with an RAF search and rescue helicopter Feature In good faith 34 Why do people support the RNLI? Lifeboat donor Phyl Cleare tells us why she chooses to give to the RNLI and we outline the promises we make in the Donor's Charter Fundraising 36 How some of the money is raised Listings Central pull-out section A daring rescue of a boy cut off by the tide Page 19 Training for any emergency al Cowes Page 22 Furry monster spotted on Torbay lifeboat Page 37 Any products or services advertised in the Lifeboat by third parties are not m any way endorsed by the RNLI and the RNLI shall nol be responsible for the accuracy of anv information contained in such advertisements nor has it investigated or vended any of the information.