The lifeboat, part of the self-funding National Lifeboat Institution, provides an invaluable service to distressed mariners on one of the worlds busiest seaways. It may seem strange to foreign visitors to this site that such an institution is reliant solely on donations from the public. God forbid the government spend any of the tax payers money on such a worthy cause when the gravy train of civil servants is fighting for their increase in indexed linked pensions and other hard to justify expenses. Crewed by locals and mainly fishermen the lifeboat (Links) is a cause worthy of any spare pennies you may have in your purse.