First day of the Course

Lifeboat launching gear

First day of my course at Hull learning how to drive a Fast Rescue
Craft, in reality a RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) with two 75 hp
Evinrude outboards on the back. Today we spent most of the time
learning about the boat, how to launch and recover it using a davit,
then going alongside and picking up buoys. All of this was in the
non-tidal Albert Dock, tomorrow we are off out into the Humber and
maybe the North Sea to get some experience driving around in a sea.
And probably snow if the forecast is correct, the old nose and feet
were a bit chilly by the time I got back to the hotel tonight.