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| | RNLI's busiest year on record - TheMainSail Seamanship |
 | | Michael Vlasto, RNLI Operations Director comments: 'Considering that 68 per cent of the people we rescued last year were rescued from pleasure craft, it's no surprise that the busiest coastal RNLI lifeboat station is once again Poole, in the south, with 147 launches. |
 | | The RNLI is also able to guide its Sea Safety education initiatives, targeted at beach goers and boating and fishing communities to prevent incidents happening in the first place. |
 | | The RNLI operates 233 lifeboat stations around the coasts of the UK and Republic of Ireland, with 4,800 crew of which over 4,500 are volunteers. |
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