Great footage
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Re: Great footage
Going to sound grumpy here but does the RNLI carry out this work on a full cost recovery, profitable basis or are my subs contributing to the colossal fuel bill that just got run up there?
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Re: Great footage
Seems to be your permanent state these days.claymore wrote:Going to sound grumpy here . . .
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Re: Great footage
Nae idea. Ask them.....
Re: Great footage
Lets face it, it looks good fun. If I had access to a boat like that funded entirely by a willing public I would go for the odd jolly in rough weather. That's 100 posts, do I get a promotion.
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Re: Great footage
And that's not even counting the cost of the helicopter.......claymore wrote:Going to sound grumpy here but does the RNLI carry out this work on a full cost recovery, profitable basis or are my subs contributing to the colossal fuel bill that just got run up there?

Given that Arran was off the map for over a week, I'm sure there were families who needed medical and other urgent supplies. I'm pleased RNLI was able to assist (umm, assuming it was emergency supplies...).
Re: Great footage
[/cynic mode] I know they were short of electricity, which can be debilitating for a 21st century lifestyle, but were the ferries off too? A
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Re: Great footage
Was that Lochranza they were delivering to? If so, it's possible the wee ferry from Kintyre wasn't running and the roads from Brodick were blocked. Justification possibly.
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Re: Great footage
Dont understand why the helicopter was filming it. Surely it would have made more sense to just use a Seaking - we pay for those anyway
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Re: Great footage
claymore wrote: Seaking
Is it no all S92's noo?

Or Pumas?
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Re: Great footage
Izzat not Soooopa Pumas?wully wrote:claymore wrote: Seaking
Is it no all S92's noo?
Or Pumas?
Re: Great footage
Never mind the helicopter anorakery, isn't the subject "Great footage" a bit passé in this digital age?
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Nuthin sooper about Pumas- cramped, noisy, rattly, fall-out-the-sky French shyte.Nick wrote:Izzat not Soooopa Pumas?wully wrote:claymore wrote: Seaking
Is it no all S92's noo?
Or Pumas?
Mind you, only one person at a time allowed on the boarding steps of the S92 - more than that and it might break off....