COntents news including 6 top RNLi AWARds Chetham’s School of Music and Walls’ ice cream stand proudly alongside three gallant lifesavers 7 BUsiest yeAR yet Record rescues and record income in 2006 9 LifeBoAt oN sHoW foR 100 yeARs The world’s oldest lifeboat continues to amaze 11 LAdy LAUNCHeR pAsses AWAy Remembering Doris Tart of Dungeness 12 stop pRess ResCue 4 iNsigHt A selection of RNLI rescues from around the UK and RoI 16 A BAptism By fiRe ANd WAteR A locum doctor and a new lifeboat meet their toughest test 20 iNto tHe CAULdRoN Braving Bat Cave 2 23 A sWim too fAR A lifeboatman holds on tight feAtuRes 14 spiRit Storyteller, boatman and hero A granddaughter remembers a man of strength and courage 26 CoAstAL Life not in my backyard? Are offshore windfarms a threat to their local communities? 36 CLose Up Innovation stations Buildings with strength, style and efficiency VOICes 48 mURRAy WALKeR A man who appreciates speed and teamwork visits the RNLI 50 A toUCH of BRAss CAN LeAd to so mUCH moRe Meeting the man behind a boat name 50 yoUR sHoUt Readers’ letters ReGuLARs 32 BooKs From beginners’ sailing to an epic voyage 34 LotteRy In-house expertise makes the draw even more of a winner 40 LAUNCHes Six months’ of lifeboat activity at a glance 52 tHeN ANd NoW Fundraising in the capital 80 years apart the design for padstow’s award-winning boathouse and slipway (see pages 7, 36).