News All the latest from and about the lifeboat service Letter Feature Just like the real thing Can serious training really be this exciting? Lifeboats in action Including medal winning rescues by Plymouth and Alderney lifeboat crews Feature Bringing history alive The historic dockyard at Chatham is a great day out for all the family Feature Buildling reflections Shoreworks manager Howard Richings looks back on recent achievements Feature Tamar tales Principal RNLI naval architect Neil Chaplain takes us behind the scenes of the new Tamar class lifeboat Fundraising Find out how some of the money is raised and all about lifeboat station open days Listings Central pull-out section 8 10 14 22 26 32 34 Station secretary David McAllister breaks a 50-year record. Page 13 See the lifeboats at Chatham's Historic Dockyard. Page 22 ;s •• n Will SIMS change the face of electronic systems on all-weather lifeboats? Page 32 •HK - » Looking for somewhere to take the family? Let our new guide show the way.

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