Their grandchildren are George, 18, William, 16, Lewis, 13 and Nicola, nine. Mr Craske joined Cromer's RNLI station when he was 17 and he was a lifeboatman for 39-and-a-half years, until a heart attack forced him to quit in 1999. Christopher Craske, centre, with fellow Cromer lifeboatmen. - Credit: Supplied by the family He crewed both the station's inshore and off-shore lifeboats, and in 1981 he received an award - along with crewmate Frank Muirhead - for the rescue of two local fishermen. For a couple of years Mr Craske worked on ships supplying offshore gas rigs, but he soon returned to the fisherman's life. Mrs Craske said: "His love of the beach and crab fishing was a better deal as far as he was concerned, and he wanted to be with his family."