	Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station
News release
Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

DATE 11/03/2008 10.40 PM REFERENCE: SMT/RH/013

Hurricane: Force 12 gust recorded at Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat Station.

A 66 knot gust (approximately 76 miles per hour) was recorded at Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat Station during the storm that hit the UK on Monday 10 March 2008, the gust was recorded at 08.14 am.

It is times like this when RNLI volunteer crews and the lifeboats are getting ready to put to sea, to help those in distress, luckily for us at Rye Harbour we were not needed, though there were windsurfers out off Camber Sands.

At 12.15 pm, photos and video footage were taken of the sea conditions at the harbour entrance and one of the windsurfers at Camber Sands. The video footage can be viewed by following the 'Videos' link at www.ryeharbourlifeboat.co.uk.

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Photo of Windsurfer off Camber Sands

Photo of Rye Harbour entrance

Notes to editors

Photos courtesy of Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat Station.
The RNLI is a registered charity and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for income.

For more information please contact Steve Tollett, the RNLI lifeboat press officer at Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station on email: Press Officer.

The RNLI is a registered charity that saves lives at sea.

It provides, on call, the 24-hour service necessary to cover search and rescue requirements to 100 nautical miles out from the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

There are over 230 lifeboat stations.

RNLI Beach Lifeguards operate in the south and south west of England.

The RNLI further saves lives through sea and beach education.

The RNLI depends on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.

Vision

To be recognised universally as the most effective, innovative and dependable lifeboat service.Royal National Lifeboat Institution headquarters:

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