Lymington Lifeboat Station
Lymington Lifeboat Station
Lymington Lifeboat Station
Meet the Crew
Nick Hayward
Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM) and Mechanic
Joined the crew: 1980
Occupation: Gardener
Interests: Militaria and Clay Pigeon Shooting
Kevin Coster
Senior Helm
Joined the crew: 1990
Occupation: Runs his own building company based in Lymington
Interests: Cycling and Snowboarding
Philip Baker
Helm
Joined the crew: 1991
Occupation: Senior Boatmen at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club
Interests: Model boats
Simon Nuding
Helm
Joined the crew: 2002
Occupation: Freelance Yachtsman
Interests: Sailing, Fishing, Rugby.
John Husband
Helm and Training Coordinator
Joined the crew: 2007
Occupation: Event production manager
Interests: Anything water based, outdoor life and wine!
Dave Hall
Helm
Joined the Crew: 2012
Occupation: Freelance Skipper
Interests: Big Wave Surfing
Jamie Lever
Helm
Joined the Crew 2010
Occupation: Freelance Yacht Skipper
Rowley McFarlane
Crew
Joined the crew: 1999
Occupation: Runs a family business
Interests: World War two memorabilia
Ben Bradley - Watson
Crew
Joined the crew: 2002
Occupation: Business Development Manager
Interests: Rugby and occasionally sailing, wakeboarding and surfing
Paul Harrison
Crew
Joined the crew: 2006
Occupation: Sales Director
Interests: Sailing, Mountain Biking, Skiing and the outdoors.
John West
Crew
Joined the crew: 2008
Occupation: Nurse
Interests: Sailing, rugby
Simon Naylor
Crew
Joined the crew: 2010
Occupation: Vehicle fleet management
Interests: Cricket, Sailing and Sheffield Wednesday
Bligh Julius
Crew
Joined the crew: 2011
Occupation: Events Management
Interests: Thundercat racing
James Douch
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2013
Occupation: Yacht Broker
Interests: Drone Photography, Shooting, Boating
Simon Barnett
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2015
Occupation: Freelance Yacht Skipper
Simon is also a crew member at our Mudeford flank station
Richard Clarke
Crew
Joined: 2015
Occupation: Business Director
Leon Hockley
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2016
Occupation: Fisherman
Interests: BMX, Fishing, Boating
Alex Sheppard
Crew
Joined the Crew: May 2017
Occupation: Substation Plant and Automation Supervisor
Interests: Boating and Cars
Piers Horobin
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2017
Occupation: Telecoms Business Manager
Interests: to come
Alan Punton
Crew
Joined the Crew:2017
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Greg Pachany
Crew
Joined the Crew:2017
Occupation: Lymington Harbour Team
Ben Jeffries
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2019
Occupation: to come
Interests: to come
Declan O'Riadon
Crew
Joined the Crew: 2017
Occupation: Construction Project Manager
Interests: to come
Stuart Lane
Shore Crew
Joined the Crew 2004
Occupation: boat builder
Interests: Sailing, downhill mountain biking, rowing and snowboarding.
Deputy Launching Authorities
Barrie Downs
Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
Mick Crowe
Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
Occupation: Estate Agent
Simon Quinn
Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
Joined the Crew: 1992 and 2017 (as DLA)
Occupation: Director Yacht Care Business
Interests: Family
Lifeboat Management Group
Steve Billett
Lifeboat Management Group Chairman
Joined: 2016
Occupation: Retired Airline Pilot
Interests: RNLI Governor, Boating, North Cornwall Coast and Table Tennis
Community Safety and Youth Education
Steve Billett
Community Safety Officer
Joined: 2016
Occupation: Retired Airline Pilot
Interests: RNLI Governor, Boating, North Cornwall Coast and Table Tennis
Judy Peter
Lifeboat Visits Officer and Education Volunteer
Joined: 2016
Occupation: Retired primary school teacher
Interests: Singing, Theatre and Sailing
David Monks
Community Safety Officer
Joined: 2016
Occupation: Chief Operating Officer UK/US Software Company
Interests: RNLI Governor, Sailing, Royal Navy and its’ history, 1805 Club
Margaret Fanstone
Community Safety Administrator
Biog coming
Station Staff
Mac Hall
Lifeboat Treasurer and Admin Officer (LT&LAO)
Joined the crew: 1998
Occupation: Retired ExxonMobil executive. Nottingham University (BSC – Hons Chemical Engineering.
Interests: Family, travel, long distance walking, on the water, charity fundraiser, projects
Suzanne Brown
Lifeboat Press Officer (LPO)
Joined the crew 2019
Occupation: Retail Consultant and Mum
Interests: Sailing, Rowing, Travelling
Dr Edward Reeves
Lifeboat Medical Advisor
Biog coming
Reverend Canon Peter Salisbury
Lifeboat Chaplain
Biog coming