Posted on 08/20/2014 10:00:11 AM PDT by Lord Flash
Actually, old boy, the RNLI are all unpaid volunteers and their kit is entirely paid for by charitable donations.
It was awfully nice of them to spend 45 minutes persuading the reality challenged Bulgarian mariner to throw in the towel. They really are splendid chaps.
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