New Quay’s all-weather lifeboat – an important asset, under threat

An all-weather lifeboat belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has come under threat of discontinuation, after the RNLI has decided that it will not replace the existing boat when its operational life comes to an end in 2020, leaving just the smaller inshore lifeboat to supply any aid to the area.

This decision has caused much controversy throughout the county of Ceredigion, as petition to retain the lifeboat in New Quay has garnered almost 20,000 signatures as of February (sign the petition for yourself, here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/…/save-the-shannon-class-lifeb…).

Various volunteers that work with the RNLI have expressed their concern with the discontinuation of the essential lifeboat in New Quay, an area which has been served by an all-weather lifeboat of some form for 153 years. According to an image of a sign posted to social media, as of December 2015, the lifeboat had saved 349 lives, throughout 982 services. The future fate of the lifeboat remains to be seen, but the residents of New Quay are continuing to kick up a storm regarding this pressing matter.

For more information about the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and how you can get involved in the campaign to save the lifeboat, visit the campaign’s Facebook page at https://en-gb.facebook.com/CeredigionLifeboatCampaign/, or sign the above petition.