{"id":20372,"date":"2010-07-17T06:01:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-working-life-the-lifeboatman\/"},"modified":"2016-07-21T04:09:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T21:09:32","slug":"a-working-life-the-lifeboatman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-working-life-the-lifeboatman\/","title":{"rendered":"A working life: The lifeboatman"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMark Bell may not get paid for entering perilous waters \u2013 day or night \u2013 to perform rescues but, as he\u00a0tells Mark\u00a0King, the reward is knowing he has saved livesMark Bell is patiently trying to explain what sponsons are and how tidal flows work, but he keeps getting interrupted by a succession of friendly faces. “It’s busy today,” he smiles, acknowledging the obvious camaraderie on display among the lifeboat crew at Brighton’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station, “but it’s less noisy on a freezing night at 2am when we’ve had an emergency call from the coastguard.”We’re in a square brick building in Brighton marina which, at 51 hectares (127 acres), is one of the largest in Europe. The RNLI building was built 13 years ago with funds from a legacy donation left by a generous local lady. “We’re a charity that relies on donations and funding to maintain a service, so that was priceless,” Bell says. Continue reading…
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