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Old 19 January 2012, 00:02   #41
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Thanks for all the interest in this event but we are no longer accepting applications to become part of the safety fleet.

Any applications made from now on will go into a reserve list that we may call upon if others drop out.

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PRESS RELEASE - South East safety boat charity helps keep Jubilee Pageant rowers ship

South East safety boat charity helps keep Jubilee Pageant rowers shipshape -

Boaters taking part in the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June will be under the watchful eye of safety boat charity Northern Exposure Rescue. The charity is calling on its own volunteers and those from the Royal Air Force Sailing Association, Marine-Rescue.co.uk and the British Inflatable Boat Owners Association to make sure that participants in the pageant enjoy the spectacular celebrations in safety.

Northern Exposure Rescue is providing all the safety boats and crews to supervise the manpowered fleet of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The charity’s safety fleet includes 150 volunteers who mainly come from the south east but also from as far afield as Bridlington, Cardiff and Plymouth. The volunteers will be on board 54 safety boats - mostly rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) but also a few “hard boats” to act as mother ships and will help with towing in case of any problems.

Each class of rowing boat taking part in the pageant will have its own dedicated group of Northern Exposure Rescue safety boats following alongside which will respond swiftly to any incidents such as capsizes or man overboard situations. Each of these eight groups of safety boats will be controlled by the Commodore of Northern Exposure Rescue, Chris Lowe and supported by Chris Dunn the Treasurer on board a Port of London Authority Launch.

Will Burchnall, Northern Exposure Rescue Vice Commodore, said: “We’re excited to be part of such a large national celebration and will be working hard to make sure that everyone on the water can enjoy this special day without worrying about what might happen if things go wrong. We’ve been successfully providing safety cover for the Great River Race, one of the largest events of its kind on the Thames, so we’re delighted to be helping another boating spectacular on the river.

We’ll be working alongside other organisations such as the Port of London Authority, MCA, police and RNLI, to make sure everyone enjoys an incident-free day.”

Will continues: “Preparing for an event of this scale takes a lot of hard work and we’re grateful to all our volunteers for their contribution not just on the day, but in the run up to and after the pageant.”

As a charity, Northern Exposure Rescue supports events free of charge all over the UK asking only for our expenses to be reimbursed. It has provided safety boats to powerboat races, swimming, yachting, windsurfing, dinghy sailing and even rubber duck races!! The organisation has approximately 50 members from all walks of life including builders, teachers, lawyers, civil servants, police officers and doctors.

Over the years Northern Exposure Rescue has evolved in to one of the UK’s premier safety boat providers operating across the UK. With a combination of club boats and members’ own boats, the charity can cover nearly every event organisers needs, be it photography, safety cover or event management.

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• Northern Exposure Rescue the charity was formally created in 2008 with the expressed intentions of helping to support events by providing equipment and skilled volunteers free of charge to reduce event costs, which in turn would reduce the barriers of participation in water sports.
• Northern Exposure Rescue also wanted to provide training to volunteers to develop, encourage and retain their interest and participation in water sports.

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For more information about Northern Exposure Rescue and its involvement in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, please contact:
Will Burchnall,
Vice Commodore
Email: will@northernexposurerescue.org.uk
Web: Northern Exposure Rescue
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Well done Chris and Co, I understand that you and others have work really hard to make this happen. I would like to thank you all for the opportunity to be involved in this historical day.

It was impressed with the meeting on Saturday as there was no bull sh*t even the London port authority was spot on not the usual jobs worth that we have come to expect.

How many other Ribnet member are involved?

Thanks again,

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You can tell that HMQ will be about on Sunday. The forecast is Rain all day!!
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We can't predict the weather in this country so don't worry about it, it'll be fine on Sunday - depending where you mouse over London on XC you get rain or sun!!
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Fingers crossed for the weather!!

You can get a "skippers eye view" of the Pageant here - Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant live streamed - Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant - Live!

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I hope you've packed you paddles!

Safe journey down to London tomorrow.

Chris

PS - All the boats taking part are in the official programme which you can buy for a Ł5 from the Pageant website. It looks pretty good quality so unlike the expensive t shirts etc it might be a nice memory of the day.
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The programme doesn't include us safety boats though does it?
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We bought some for the "A" frame but apparently we aren't allowed to trim up......are we Chris
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Well I do have an Ensign that I bought with my late father that I thought I would sneak onboard, it's never been used so I thought this would be the ideal time for its first outing.
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Well I do have an Ensign that I bought with my late father that I thought I would sneak onboard, it's never been used so I thought this would be the ideal time for its first outing.
red, white or blue?
We're on the SSR so legally entitled to fly the red ensign. A bloke nearby was flying a white ensign from a flagpole in his garden & got a visit from plod telling him to take it down. Like they've nothing else to do
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As a british vessel you're meant to fly a red ensign when ever you are on board, if you're a member of a royal yacht club then you can fly a blue one and be very important, not sure it's a good idea to fly a white on unless you have big guns on the decks.
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Yes it list all the safety boats in the programme!!!

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