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At Littlehampton, when on a shout, the crew part their cars at the front of the station on a large piece of road/turning circle that only services the slip or the station. There is no obstruction of any kind, except to a bit of the public boat ramp (still leaving it partially operational), when cars are parked here and obviously do not interfere to the operation of the lifeboats.
A couple of years back, when on a shout, a warden decided to ticket all the cars of the lifeboat crew who were out saving someone's life. Crazy.
It looks like the issue was never resolved as now, when on a shout, it looks like the crew initially park as originally, but now they arrear to leave their keys on shore with someone who then reparks their cars in the car park behind the station - and presumably have to pay the pay and display.
It would be good to hear from someone on Littlehampton crew what words were said between rnli and council parking office.
The ironic bit about this is in Littlehampton, the only part of the town where parking restrictions seem to be actually enforced are in the car parks.
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Breawatch
