We were stranded on a sandbank, our boat was damaged, the shipping forecast said rough seas, we could hear the waves starting to build, our skipper fired two flares into the sky....
Damn that's unique. Nice to see that in other places on the globe there are still people who give a damn enough to make top notch equipment and use it.
Am I the only one who feels nostalgic watching this. The only way it could be better would be if the boat entered the water down a slipway from Pod13, having been dropped by Thunderbird 2!
This could be the film for you in that case, David: ua-cam.com/video/8vM8B8HV1O4/v-deo.html. (We also recommend listening to the Thunderbirds theme whilst watching our film on mute! ua-cam.com/video/UuRkAyRfz_c/v-deo.html 😉) Enjoy!
Hat's off to the brave lasses and lads who are part of this wonderful organization. From the stormy coast of the Pacific Ocean, you have our respect and best wishes. All of us who live with the sea appreciate your efforts.
Now we need the tractor driver’s view at night and in a storm. Which is scariest, launch and recovery in the boat or in the tractor in bad weather? I’ll watch from the cafe. This was very impressive, engineering, crew team work, hand signals and nerve. The camera work was impressive too.
Great video! Nice to see the Launch & Recovery side being featured! I remember visiting Hoylake before we got ours to see how a nearby station does it and being very impressed. Our beach is a bit steeper than yours though so not as far to drive! Cheers from Llandudno :-)
You seem to know about these things. Just out of curiosity why is this necessary in place of a standard boat dock and ramp for emergencies? In my country that is the norm they are usually located at the end of popular beaches.
@@1999minecraftian I don't know whereabouts you're from, but the reason these are required here is the large tidal range. Many places in the UK have 8+ metres vertical tidal range and the coast\waterline can move by 500 metres horizontally in 6 hours. You couldn't build a fixed ramp that long, so this vehicle is designed to take the lifeboat to be launched where-ever the sea is right now. Some places in the UK have cliffs where a fixed slipway works, but the SLARS is a lot more versatile!
@@Ralphius86 I see that makes sense. I live in the Caribbean so huge tidal shifts don't really happen here most we get is maybe 15 to 30 meters. Anyway thanks for the reply
SC Innovation are the home of the engineering team who designed, developed and manufacture this launch and recovery system. We are helping protect lives by assisting the RNLI crew to get to people quickly and save lives.
Indeed. You have a track driven carriage with lots of gears and machinery that will become submerged in saltwater. The carriage recovery extension is an additional complex track driven mechanical system. It runs across a sandy beach which can abrade paint and possibly harm the gearing. Seems like a lot of science fictiony ideas that should never have been implemented in the real world.
@@henryD9363 Plenty of EN56 stainless steel and EN56 stainless steel triple sealed bearings and high end hydraulics and Polyurethane bushes shouldn't be too much problem for a little bit of salt water and sand. No expense spared with the RNLI there equipment is top notch and rightfully so. Amazing people doing amazing things.
SC Innovation part of SC Group are proud to be the engineering innovators who designed, developed and manufacturer the Shannon Lifeboat Recovery System - we are in the business of helping the RNLI saving lives at sea.
This footage is from training and public event days etc, we do launch faster than in this video for a call-out :) And not all of us have to travel a mile of beach like the station (mainly) shown here :D
@@Andrew-mv5kt You seem to know about these things. Just out of curiosity why is this necessary in place of a standard boat dock and ramp for emergencies? In my country that is the norm they are usually located at the end of popular beaches.
I really hope the RNLI does't lose their experienced hands in favour of technology. Looks like an amazing lifeboat...just hope they keep the old hands on with 1000's of hours of sea experience between them to operate them.
This video is creating more questions than it is answering. WHY did they build the boat house there? HOW did they launch before the flash-o revolving launcher machine?? IS there a better location up the coast?? HOW COME there are so many staff who refuse to look at this monstrosity?? :) The SLARS is a UKP 1.5 million machine, which is weirdly cheap when you look at the UK Govt. history of spending.
The old Hoylake Lifeboat Station was too small for the new generation of offshore lifeboats so the RNLI chose to build a new lifeboat station a few hundred metres along the beach on the site of the old Hoylake swimming baths (long since demolished). The tractor and powered trailer are needed to cope with the mass of the lifeboat. The old lifeboat was smaller but still used a tractor and trailer. Hoylake is at the mouth of the Dee Estuary on the Wirral Peninsular not far from Liverpool. It is in the perfect position to cover the Dee Estuary, Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea there are smaller inshore boats as well.
Where they built the boathouse on the shore isn't really relevant, as the shore is still a long way from the water at low tide. Before the Shannon Class Lifeboat and the SLARS unit was introduced, many of the stations with a Shannon Class had a Mersey Class, which was also a carriage-launched all-weather lifeboat. Very similar method of launching. As for better locations: all of the coast needs to be covered by lifeboats. Some of the coast that needs covering has no deep-water port or anchorage. Some places that do have deep-water ports/anchorage have a lifeboat station where the lifeboat is moored afloat permanently (Dover, Eastbourne and Harwich for example). Not everywhere has that luxury though. Also, the RNLI receive no government funding at all.
Its silly o'clock on a bitterly cold January morning when your pager goes off. Up, dressed , scrape the ice off the car with frozen hands and away to the boat house. Getting into the sea is easy, what is not is keeping warm as the bitter North wind bites at your face and hands like a dog,, Ignoring the cold, the pain , the boat gets away,, Back in the station, its all warm and chatty. Tea is drunk and radio messages listened to. Casualties recovered, 5 in number, returning to station, ambulance required. Out into the dark night, but not as cold now. Boat on carriage, into boat House, casualties recovered. Wash down and refuel, then home, just in time to shower and have breakfast. Job done!!! Lifes good,,!!
@@rockerpat1085 hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water. also, this is training, real call-outs are performed much faster!
wells-next-the-sea has such a launch system.. absolute genius ! but useless without those Brave men & women of our RNLI ! and depend on our donations to keep running, so don't forget them folks !
Excelente embarcación que cumple todo los estandares mundiale 4:18 , en el diseño de un nível de ingeniería naval del mundo plaudible felicitaciones RNLI .
As much as I am not in favor of European literalism but with out a doubt Europeans and Japanese are 1000 miles a head of American industry and technological advancement
@I Am Sekou yup keyboard warrior that has served in war and a active first responder i think I know what I'm talking about when it comes to rapid deployment
Our stations are strategically placed around the coast to ensure good coverage by an appropriate lifeboat. When an area has more shouts requiring a larger vessel like the Shannon class, but doesn't have the option for the boat to be moored afloat or launched via slipway (most likely due to a high tidal range as is seen here), a portable launching system like this one is required.
Hi Alan. The seat in the cab is able to spin around to face the opposite direction. So the boat and carriage are pulled round into position with boat bow to sea then the chair swivelled to allow the driver to ‘push in’
@@adamholmes3386 Thanks Adam - I did realise that, but at around the 2:00 mark the tractor is on the seaward side of the boat and pulling, by 2:10 the tractor is back on the landward side and pushing, just as it was when leaving the boat-house.
Hi John, the tractor can drive straight into big surf and safely launch the lifeboat in up to 2.4m of water. Not only that, in the event of breakdown with an incoming tide, the tractor can be completely submerged in depths of up to 9m before being retrieved once the tide has receded.
@@rnli Thanks for the info. The 2m wave height that I cited was previously provided to me by the RNLI in response to a query about the limit of the Shannon's launching potential.
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
Hi there - we're not able to comment on the exact age of this, but all equipment is cleaned after use to protect it and maintain it for as long as possible.
Hi Sam, it's designed to do it, but of course our boats do require regular maintenance whether they are kept afloat, launched on a slipway or carriage launched to make sure they're in full working order.
@@cameronmurray9026 Sorry, should have checked it before i hit enter. I ment the two people who gave the video a thumbs down must enjoy drowning or something. Although the number is now ten people.
Well anyone waiting on this slow as shit process is going to be drowned before they even get the damn thing out of the barn!!!! How about build a bulkhead and leave the danm thing in the water so it's ready to go in an instant!!!!
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
Was wondering..just how much that would of cost..I see someone said 2 million £....alot of money for a boat and trailer..Good luck one and all.. Cheers.. 👍
It may be better to store in a shed for "maintenance" for the boat and crew, but is it better for the people drowning right this moment? Or would it not be better to store in the water so it's ready to go in an instant? I bet the people drowning right now would pick the latter!!!!!! Think about it, We don't keep fighter jets parked a mile from the runway and transport them when we need them RIGHT NOW!!!! No we keep them ready to go in an instant!!!!!
likely chance is that the Shannon's only fits the station's requirements, but the boat is moored afloat due to lack of suitable launch and recovery area. :)
Not to make lite of your very important work but damn that would make for a nice yacht set up here on the West Coast of Canada but my wallet would need to be way bigger
We have lots, it's just there are also stations at strategic points around the coast where the only option is a mobile launch and recovery vehicle like this one 👍
Hi John, it has a top speed of 10mph. While that may not sound lightning quick it is 43% faster than its predecessor and, when you combine that with all of it's other time-saving features (such as the turntable that prepares the lifeboat for re-launch within ten minutes) it greatly improves the launch time. If you'd like to read a little more, we have an in-depth article over on our website: bit.ly/2IJQ2U4
The nearest dock would likely be Liverpool about 15 miles away by sea which is too far for a fast response in a tourist area with a major shipping lane offshore.
@@rnli seems roughly the same distance that lifeboat had to travel to reach the sea 🐴 as a kid watching the StIves boat launched, it seemed a long way from the station to the slipway & further to the sea if the tide was out, yet some lifeboats slid straight out of the station into the sea! In the 70's on lifeboat day the crew could take us around St Ives bay on board the lifeboat - hard to imagine now! Always had so much respect for the selfless bravery of you guys
But why not just have it in the water ready to go all the time like we do in the states. By the time you get that thing in the water the coast guard would have had that amount of time to get to the emergency.
The RNLI is crewed by volunteers. It is actually run as a charity and was setup in the 1820s and is supported by donations from the public and still manages to operate a 24x7x365 search and rescue service. Those boats are capable of operating in all weathers. The crew are strapped in as the boats are self righting and do go over 360 sometimes in heavy storms.
@@davidleen975 that is very heartening to hear. But it doesn't address the question of why not have a dock and mooring as is usual. Other commenters have talked about the tidal problem that is unique. But the video does not even give a slight hint about that. I think this video was made for local people. UA-cam is worldwide and there's a lot of confusion and misunderstanding.
I thought I would just share this with you guys. Recently I built the severn class lifeboat in my favourite game and I used it in a challenge against my friend. Here is the video if you wanted to check it out. ua-cam.com/video/7cs2kuyGTLs/v-deo.html I hope you like it!
Because the UK has a high tidal range meaning the tide can go out a mile or two, leaving the dock completely high and dry. That would mean that the lifeboats would be stranded and completely useless for half the time.
Great group of people, saved my life at 3 o'clock in the morning ten miles out of Harwich. thank you very much.
We were stranded on a sandbank, our boat was damaged, the shipping forecast said rough seas, we could hear the waves starting to build, our skipper fired two flares into the sky....
@johnbedford7136 Wow that must have been terrifying! Thank goodness for the wonderful people of the RNLI.
My late Father would be as impressed as myself in your ingenuity - the Bembridge Lifeboat saved his life in 1938 !
Damn that's unique. Nice to see that in other places on the globe there are still people who give a damn enough to make top notch equipment and use it.
Am I the only one who feels nostalgic watching this. The only way it could be better would be if the boat entered the water down a slipway from Pod13, having been dropped by Thunderbird 2!
This could be the film for you in that case, David: ua-cam.com/video/8vM8B8HV1O4/v-deo.html. (We also recommend listening to the Thunderbirds theme whilst watching our film on mute! ua-cam.com/video/UuRkAyRfz_c/v-deo.html 😉) Enjoy!
An incredible process for launch and recovery, the machinery is amazing. A huge shout-out to our courageous RNLI crews. ❤️❤️❤️
A marvel of engineering the way the trailer bed rotates 180 degrees. Must require a high standard of maintenance.
These people put their lives on the line every single day. A big salute to you all.
Hat's off to the brave lasses and lads who are part of this wonderful organization. From the stormy coast of the Pacific Ocean, you have our respect and best wishes. All of us who live with the sea appreciate your efforts.
Now we need the tractor driver’s view at night and in a storm.
Which is scariest, launch and recovery in the boat or in the tractor in bad weather? I’ll watch from the cafe.
This was very impressive, engineering, crew team work, hand signals and nerve. The camera work was impressive too.
Its not a tractor eye view, but try this one for a launch with some waves: ua-cam.com/video/viwaDLdcLsw/v-deo.html
@@Ralphius86
Yup, that confirmed it. I’m staying in the cafe.
@@Ralphius86 not exactly a ‘rapid’ response is it, 7 minutes to get it in the water?
@@Jimmythefish577 it's faster than drowning though.
@@Jimmythefish577 and if you are going to be like that then why don't you propose a faster method of getting it in the water.
the lifeboat crew are the best they risk there life to save humans and put them self at risk.❤️
Looks like something from burning man !!!!!! Very Cool
Some very cool engineering going on there 👍
No matter how many times I see it its amazing to see it on its turntable
I bet Hanz Zimmer wishes he was around at the Inception of this video.
Very impressive indeed
Precise, careful and looking after that amazing boat
Great video! Nice to see the Launch & Recovery side being featured! I remember visiting Hoylake before we got ours to see how a nearby station does it and being very impressed. Our beach is a bit steeper than yours though so not as far to drive! Cheers from Llandudno :-)
You seem to know about these things. Just out of curiosity why is this necessary in place of a standard boat dock and ramp for emergencies? In my country that is the norm they are usually located at the end of popular beaches.
@@1999minecraftian I don't know whereabouts you're from, but the reason these are required here is the large tidal range. Many places in the UK have 8+ metres vertical tidal range and the coast\waterline can move by 500 metres horizontally in 6 hours. You couldn't build a fixed ramp that long, so this vehicle is designed to take the lifeboat to be launched where-ever the sea is right now. Some places in the UK have cliffs where a fixed slipway works, but the SLARS is a lot more versatile!
@@Ralphius86 I see that makes sense. I live in the Caribbean so huge tidal shifts don't really happen here most we get is maybe 15 to 30 meters. Anyway thanks for the reply
Wow!!! A true game changer; regardless of tide!
SC Innovation are the home of the engineering team who designed, developed and manufacture this launch and recovery system. We are helping protect lives by assisting the RNLI crew to get to people quickly and save lives.
I swear when I watched a Shannon being launched that the tractor played the Thunderbirds theme. 😊
That is some specialist kit.
The sand and saltwater must be brutal on that machine
Fortunately they have a crew to do the cleanup I suspect. All the same, maintenance would be a bear.
Indeed. You have a track driven carriage with lots of gears and machinery that will become submerged in saltwater. The carriage recovery extension is an additional complex track driven mechanical system. It runs across a sandy beach which can abrade paint and possibly harm the gearing.
Seems like a lot of science fictiony ideas that should never have been implemented in the real world.
@@henryD9363 internet experts at it again. I’m assuming you have no mechanical engineering experience...
@@onelogue probably, I'm not familiar with tracked vehicles operating in saltwater
@@henryD9363 Plenty of EN56 stainless steel and EN56 stainless steel triple sealed bearings and high end hydraulics and Polyurethane bushes shouldn't be too much problem for a little bit of salt water and sand. No expense spared with the RNLI there equipment is top notch and rightfully so. Amazing people doing amazing things.
Thank you, I was figuring out how to launch my lifeboat
Thank you for all you do.saving life’s at sea ❤️
What a amazing lifeboat
Watched the one down at St. Ives and it amazing to see
Love the RNLI absolute heroes
Very impressive! Keep up the good work and safe returns!
By far my favourite lifeboat. I'm lucky enough to live a few miles from a station that has one aswell as an Atlantic class RIB.
That's amazing Manus, thanks for sharing! 😊
SC Innovation part of SC Group are proud to be the engineering innovators who designed, developed and manufacturer the Shannon Lifeboat Recovery System - we are in the business of helping the RNLI saving lives at sea.
And what a design it is! 🙌
Super cool!
Hugely impressive mechanics and engineering . . .but the launch time from first alarm to being underway must be significant??
This footage is from training and public event days etc, we do launch faster than in this video for a call-out :)
And not all of us have to travel a mile of beach like the station (mainly) shown here :D
@@Andrew-mv5kt ya I meant this particular station and it's launch scenario. Its very different from most! Its remarkable.
Most of the beaches round here are shallow and the tide can be a mile out! The tractor fairly scuttles across on a real shout
@@Andrew-mv5kt You seem to know about these things. Just out of curiosity why is this necessary in place of a standard boat dock and ramp for emergencies? In my country that is the norm they are usually located at the end of popular beaches.
Parabéns pelo empenho em produzirem uma embarcação primorosa!,sou Aquaviario e gostaria muito de pilotar uma embarcação deste segmento.Obrigado!.
Thank you guys ! 👍
I really hope the RNLI does't lose their experienced hands in favour of technology. Looks like an amazing lifeboat...just hope they keep the old hands on with 1000's of hours of sea experience between them to operate them.
That was a brilliant video
hoylake on the wirral, on spring tides at low water is more like 2 miles plus across the beach, to the water
This video is creating more questions than it is answering. WHY did they build the boat house there? HOW did they launch before the flash-o revolving launcher machine?? IS there a better location up the coast?? HOW COME there are so many staff who refuse to look at this monstrosity?? :) The SLARS is a UKP 1.5 million machine, which is weirdly cheap when you look at the UK Govt. history of spending.
The old Hoylake Lifeboat Station was too small for the new generation of offshore lifeboats so the RNLI chose to build a new lifeboat station a few hundred metres along the beach on the site of the old Hoylake swimming baths (long since demolished).
The tractor and powered trailer are needed to cope with the mass of the lifeboat. The old lifeboat was smaller but still used a tractor and trailer.
Hoylake is at the mouth of the Dee Estuary on the Wirral Peninsular not far from Liverpool. It is in the perfect position to cover the Dee Estuary, Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea there are smaller inshore boats as well.
Where they built the boathouse on the shore isn't really relevant, as the shore is still a long way from the water at low tide. Before the Shannon Class Lifeboat and the SLARS unit was introduced, many of the stations with a Shannon Class had a Mersey Class, which was also a carriage-launched all-weather lifeboat. Very similar method of launching. As for better locations: all of the coast needs to be covered by lifeboats. Some of the coast that needs covering has no deep-water port or anchorage. Some places that do have deep-water ports/anchorage have a lifeboat station where the lifeboat is moored afloat permanently (Dover, Eastbourne and Harwich for example). Not everywhere has that luxury though.
Also, the RNLI receive no government funding at all.
@Luther Blissett The RNLI receives no central government funding. They do make use of governmental grants. These are not the same thing.
Its silly o'clock on a bitterly cold January morning when your pager goes off. Up, dressed , scrape the ice off the car with frozen hands and away to the boat house. Getting into the sea is easy, what is not is keeping warm as the bitter North wind bites at your face and hands like a dog,, Ignoring the cold, the pain , the boat gets away,, Back in the station, its all warm and chatty. Tea is drunk and radio messages listened to. Casualties recovered, 5 in number, returning to station, ambulance required. Out into the dark night, but not as cold now. Boat on carriage, into boat House, casualties recovered. Wash down and refuel, then home, just in time to shower and have breakfast. Job done!!! Lifes good,,!!
Except for the "Casualties" that died due to the Slow response from this Slow process!!!!! Bet Life Isn't "Good" for them, now is it?
@@rockerpat1085 hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
also, this is training, real call-outs are performed much faster!
Ahh Hoylake lifeboat☺️- up here on the Wirral
Thats pretty cool i live beside the river shannon. Never knew there was lifeboats named after it.
Such a beautiful boat
I know i keep saying it but God Bless ye all ye are all amazing
Edited* spelling
Completely awesome.
Thanks Alison 😃
Very great idea, not everywhere you can launch a boat near those who require help.
thank you for share great detail video as prays to go out to men's and women work on boats in England
from Australia
That can't be cheap. Impressive.
wells-next-the-sea has such a launch system.. absolute genius ! but useless without those Brave men & women of our RNLI ! and depend on our donations to keep running, so don't forget them folks !
This is spectacular WOW
Excelente embarcación que cumple todo los estandares mundiale 4:18 , en el diseño de un nível de ingeniería naval del mundo plaudible felicitaciones RNLI .
2 million?
Ideal launch conditions...what about when its actually windy?
That is so cool!
I just read the description of the video.
The tractor can go into 2.4 meter surf and be submerged to 9 meters.
I feel Poorly at the thought of that.
As much as I am not in favor of European literalism but with out a doubt Europeans and Japanese are 1000 miles a head of American industry and technological advancement
Any room for a yank on that boat??
i know it would be such a small window but what would happen if you beached yourselves and they were another emergency, recover and reset?
Very impressive..
01:57 Mad Max comes to you
This has ThunderBirds written all over it. Thunderbird 2 just drops this pod off and this SOB rolles out of it.
Respect
Used to see the carriers being built at Supacat, devon
Is any of the Shannon’s house ramp launched?
Awesome piece of machinery although it does seem a tad slow and needs a team of about 20
So over half that price is the track and trailer. But honestly what is the reason behind this thing. Its not even close to rapid deployment
Normally it’s almost always prepped all they have to do is drive it out this is just for show though
@@fraserm5339 even fully prepared that is not rapid deployment by any means when you have to travel that far over land
@I Am Sekou yup keyboard warrior that has served in war and a active first responder i think I know what I'm talking about when it comes to rapid deployment
Our stations are strategically placed around the coast to ensure good coverage by an appropriate lifeboat. When an area has more shouts requiring a larger vessel like the Shannon class, but doesn't have the option for the boat to be moored afloat or launched via slipway (most likely due to a high tidal range as is seen here), a portable launching system like this one is required.
'Thunderbirds Are Go!'
Total Star Wars vibes at 0:30. 😊
Spiffy looking bit of kit there.
What is the cost of the vessel and launcher?
Hi there, the lifeboat costs £2.1m and the launch and recovery system is a further £1.5m
@@rnli Well I guess I'd better send you a donation then.
Well, we would very much appreciate it! Thank you :)
When/how did the tractor go from pulling to pushing on the launch?
Hi Alan. The seat in the cab is able to spin around to face the opposite direction. So the boat and carriage are pulled round into position with boat bow to sea then the chair swivelled to allow the driver to ‘push in’
@@adamholmes3386 Thanks Adam - I did realise that, but at around the 2:00 mark the tractor is on the seaward side of the boat and pulling, by 2:10 the tractor is back on the landward side and pushing, just as it was when leaving the boat-house.
@@alanj9391 The whole unit has just driven around in 180 degrees to face the other way.
I hope the galvanising is good on the tractor unit..
I am going to be a RNLI Volunteer
We're so pleased you want to join our lifesaving family. You can take a look at our opportunities on our website here - rnli.social/3nXx8ef
Akin to first seeing a space shuttle plodding along at cape Canaveral
Fireman Sam has come to reality
hang on, it pushes it out of the lifeboat station,then is shown towing it down the beach then suddenly its pushing it into the water ????
Between 3.40 and 3.50 shows the trailer rotating the boat.
What a set up and piece of equipment! Love their trailer! Who makes the tractor?
Hi Chris, the Shannon Launch & Recovery System was designed by SC Innovation
@@rnli thanks looks like a great piece of kit!
Hoylake Lifeboat, Merseyside 💪🏼
Fine ....as long as the waves do not exceed 2 metres. What about a winter storm?
Hi John, the tractor can drive straight into big surf and safely launch the lifeboat in up to 2.4m of water. Not only that, in the event of breakdown with an incoming tide, the tractor can be completely submerged in depths of up to 9m before being retrieved once the tide has receded.
@@rnli Thanks for the info. The 2m wave height that I cited was previously provided to me by the RNLI in response to a query about the limit of the Shannon's launching potential.
How fast does it travel across the sand flats?
10mph (16kmh)
Slow enough that everyone has already drowned!!!!!!!!
@@Mahalo_83 Since 1969!!!!!
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
Wow someone spent alot on a lifeboat.
Is that st Anne's?
That launch platform looks way too tidy and clean. Is it brand new or does the maintenance crew just clean it that often ?
Hi there - we're not able to comment on the exact age of this, but all equipment is cleaned after use to protect it and maintain it for as long as possible.
Someone's been watching Gerry Anderson
Does it not damage the boat when you beach it?
Hi Sam, it's designed to do it, but of course our boats do require regular maintenance whether they are kept afloat, launched on a slipway or carriage launched to make sure they're in full working order.
I can only say the ten people who gave this a thumbs down must enjoy drowning.
What do you mean?
@@cameronmurray9026 Sorry, should have checked it before i hit enter. I ment the two people who gave the video a thumbs down must enjoy drowning or something. Although the number is now ten people.
@@markpritchard oh right. Good one!
Well anyone waiting on this slow as shit process is going to be drowned before they even get the damn thing out of the barn!!!!
How about build a bulkhead and leave the danm thing in the water so it's ready to go in an instant!!!!
@@rockerpat1085 this is training, and hoylake station is (on the wirral), on spring tides at low water is like 1.5 miles plus across the beach, to the water.
Was wondering..just how much that would of cost..I see someone said 2 million £....alot of money for a boat and trailer..Good luck one and all.. Cheers.. 👍
UKP 1.5 million for the flash-o spinning tractor thing and 2.1 million for a Shannon class rescue boat. Weirdly inexpensive.
RNLB 13 10 is moored afloat. Is it not better to store it out of the water for maintenance and prevention of marine growth?
It may be better to store in a shed for "maintenance" for the boat and crew, but is it better for the people drowning right this moment?
Or would it not be better to store in the water so it's ready to go in an instant? I bet the people drowning right now would pick the latter!!!!!!
Think about it, We don't keep fighter jets parked a mile from the runway and transport them when we need them RIGHT NOW!!!! No we keep them ready to go in an instant!!!!!
likely chance is that the Shannon's only fits the station's requirements, but the boat is moored afloat due to lack of suitable launch and recovery area. :)
@@rockerpat1085 can't have the station in the video by the sea all the time due to tidal range and mudflats, that's why it's a mile up the beach
Not to make lite of your very important work but damn that would make for a nice yacht set up here on the West Coast of Canada but my wallet would need to be way bigger
heros
So the UK does not have many natural Harbours, Bays etc?
We have lots, it's just there are also stations at strategic points around the coast where the only option is a mobile launch and recovery vehicle like this one 👍
So cool. Over wrought music though.
There are so many videos with music when I would just rather hear the voices of the people and the sounds of the machines.
5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..... Thunderbirds are go.
I wanna see it with a silage trailer fitted to the back of it
Not sure we're that kind of UA-cam channel 😜
You can’t just store it in a garage next to a boat ramp or on a lift like my local city does?!?
Tjey have huge tide and therefore cant just build a boathouse because it would not have water half a day
This unique portable slipway allows our crews to launch our Shannon class lifeboat in locations that would be otherwise inaccessible.
@@rnli the portable slipway is a very large structure and looks semi-permanent. how fast can it be transported down the coast?
Hi John, it has a top speed of 10mph. While that may not sound lightning quick it is 43% faster than its predecessor and, when you combine that with all of it's other time-saving features (such as the turntable that prepares the lifeboat for re-launch within ten minutes) it greatly improves the launch time. If you'd like to read a little more, we have an in-depth article over on our website: bit.ly/2IJQ2U4
They don't have no docks there?
The nearest dock would likely be Liverpool about 15 miles away by sea which is too far for a fast response in a tourist area with a major shipping lane offshore.
Can you not do a full write up on the tractor IE who makes it and were, the engine details, the cost etc
We've got quite a detailed article on launch engineering on our website bit.ly/2IxFt5S
Launching the Doncaster lifeboat ?
Hi Sarah, our nearest station to Doncaster would be in Cleethorpes 😊
@@rnli seems roughly the same distance that lifeboat had to travel to reach the sea 🐴 as a kid watching the StIves boat launched, it seemed a long way from the station to the slipway & further to the sea if the tide was out, yet some lifeboats slid straight out of the station into the sea! In the 70's on lifeboat day the crew could take us around St Ives bay on board the lifeboat - hard to imagine now!
Always had so much respect for the selfless bravery of you guys
But why not just have it in the water ready to go all the time like we do in the states. By the time you get that thing in the water the coast guard would have had that amount of time to get to the emergency.
The RNLI is crewed by volunteers. It is actually run as a charity and was setup in the 1820s and is supported by donations from the public and still manages to operate a 24x7x365 search and rescue service. Those boats are capable of operating in all weathers. The crew are strapped in as the boats are self righting and do go over 360 sometimes in heavy storms.
@@davidleen975 that is very heartening to hear. But it doesn't address the question of why not have a dock and mooring as is usual.
Other commenters have talked about the tidal problem that is unique. But the video does not even give a slight hint about that.
I think this video was made for local people. UA-cam is worldwide and there's a lot of confusion and misunderstanding.
Where would we be without the 5000 people wearing hi-viz helping....
Was thinking about the same thing, way to labor intensive the operation of this thing,
except the crew onboard, 1-2 persons is enough.
I thought I would just share this with you guys. Recently I built the severn class lifeboat in my favourite game and I used it in a challenge against my friend. Here is the video if you wanted to check it out.
ua-cam.com/video/7cs2kuyGTLs/v-deo.html
I hope you like it!
Why not just keep it in the water at a dock like we do in aus ?
There are locations at strategic points around the coast where there isn't an option to keep the lifeboat afloat.
Because the UK has a high tidal range meaning the tide can go out a mile or two, leaving the dock completely high and dry. That would mean that the lifeboats would be stranded and completely useless for half the time.
Why's the guy driving the tractor wearing a lifevest?
I think it's because the tractor drives into the water for a long distance.
Yikes looks expensive
and what if there’s a huge storm
I'm pretty sure they might have thought of this what with the RNLI specialising in rescuing people from foundering vessels in storms.