Spirit of Guernsey

Guernsey Lifeboat was ashore today at Marine and General in St Sampsons, for her twice annual clean and antifouling.

She looks extremely large and impressive out of the water so she is today's blip!

The Guernsey lifeboat station is one of only four in the Channel Islands. Operating for over 200 years, the crews of the Guernsey lifeboats have been honoured with several awards for gallantry.
The Station has seen a variety of lifeboats over the years and the current lifeboat is the Severn class.

An appeal was launched in Guernsey to raise £1 million to support the building of "Spirit of Guernsey". Thanks to the generosity of friends in Guernsey, Sark, Herm and further afield, the target was achieved within one year.
There are currently five classes of all-weather lifeboat (Tamar, Severn, Trent, Tyne and Mersey) in the RNLI fleet and the Severn class lifeboat is the largest in the fleet.
The Severn has a sheerline that sweeps down for ease of survivor recovery. She is inherently self-righting and should it be knocked over in extreme weather, she will automatically right herself within a few seconds.
To see a Severn class in action click HERE