Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2011 | Page 55

Sandown and Shanklin Inshore Lifeboat Crew with station padre Rev. Jim Izzard (front, centre)

raise funds for the new boat through
the businesses that support us,
and from individual and company
donations. Some companies have
donated their time, such as welding
parts for us. Everyone has been very
supportive.”
The High Sheriff said: “As a
seafaring person I appreciate all the
fantastic work of the lifeboats, and
the independent ones are very special.
Everyone knows the RNLI and an
incredible amount of funds are raised.

But the independent lifeboats do
an equally good job, and in some
instances carry out work that the
RNLI couldn’t do.
“I don’t know how they manage to
do such a good fund-raising job to
acqu