The Lifeboat enthusiasts’ handbook 2009 is now out and available for £6. Essential for all who want to be sure of numbers, names and locations of every RNLI lifeboat, launching tractor and more, it can be ordered from the Enthusiasts' Society’s Hon. Treasurer Tony Denton by email at [email protected] or by writing to ‘Dawn’, Upper Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 4AA. For details of the Society, see page 41.