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A new display in Peel tells the stories of 300 years of shipwrecks around the Manx coast.

Our summer holidays by the sea were the thrill of the year and the lifeboat was the thrill the holidays. Whissh-crack! went the maroon, sending the dauntless crew and their punchy little vessel off into the waves to save souls. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has been doing this for 200 years. Mariners and all

It’s early January, more than a mile out to sea, and we’re looking for a body in the water. I’m on patrol with the crew of the Shoreham lifeboat, Enid Collett, a Tamar-class vessel, the RNLI’s largest all-weather boat. With its battery of screens and hydraulic-cushioned seats, the cabin is closer to the cockpit of an F-16 fighter jet than any boat I’ve been in, and it’s capable of travelling 250 nautical miles without refuelling, and hitting 25 knots.

The team at the Fynoderee Distillery in Ramsey are celebrating the award of a silver medal for their RNLI Edition Gin at the prestigious World Gin Awards.

Lewis Foster speaks to RNLI Chief Exec and Manx lifeboat volunteers