Porthdinllaen, 52° 56’N, 4° 34’W
Porthdinllaen Lifeboat, Llyn peninsula.
Some weeks ago I was asked to take a photo of our local lifeboat. But I wanted it to be just a little different. Fortunately for me I know the coxswain very well, and as the forecast for this morning looked promising, we decided to go for it.
No doubt, it's going to cost me a few pints!!!
F14, 6 sec, Lens @17 mm, ISO 100, ND grad filter. 7:50 am.
Please view...
LARGE...if you can.
Hope you like it, and many thanks for the clicks and comments on my last upload.
Added 18-12-06
Sunday the 3rd of December, was a very stormy day on Llyn, and by 4

m the winds had reached 80 mph, most of the peninsulas electricity had been cut off along with telephones. An hour later at 5, Robert Jones the coxswain of the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat, had a call on his mobile, a yacht that was making it’s way from Caernarfon to Pwllheli, had lost it’s mast in Bardsey sound, one of the most treacherous seas around the British coast.
The Seaking, Search and Rescue helicopters based at R.A.F. Valley on Anglesey, were all grounded because of the high winds. And when Robert arrived at the Lifeboat station, only four crewmembers had turned up due to the telephones being out.
Without hesitation he launched the shorthanded 47 foot “Hetty Rampton”, and for the next 3 hours battled mountainous seas to reach the stricken yacht. Most of his small crew were violently seasick, but none wavered in their determination to save these lives.
They finally arrived back at Porthdinllaen, many hours later, and landed the survivors safely ashore.
They are all volunteers
Regards to you all Tony
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