Location of the lifeboat station 1

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• Location of the lifeboat station 1
• Location of Lymington, Courtesy of Minimap.com
• This station is located in Lymington adjacent to
  a harbour, therefore any depths issues shall not
  be a problem. Boat capacity potentially can be
  large due to the proximity of the harbour. A
  large settlement is nearby therefore services
  such as power and water again should not cause
  problems. There is easy access and parking for
  the crew and emergency services. As there is a
  settlement nearby, it can be safe to assume that
  the ground conditions should be suitable for a
  structure. Much sea traffic occurs in this area
  due the marina, ideal for a lifeguard station.

Station 1
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• Location of the lifeboat station 2
• Location of Calshot, Courtesy of Minimap.com
• This station is located in Calshot on a headland
  adjacent to the sea, therefore any depths issues
  shall not be a problem. There is potential for
  large boat capacity due to amount of shoreline
  exposed to sea. A Retail and activities park is
  nearby therefore services such as power and water
  again should not cause problems but access and
  parking could be a problem due to congestion
  potential from people using the activities park.
  Ground conditions can be assumed to be ok due to
  other structures on site. Ideal location for a
  lifeguard station to protect the centre of the
  Solent, which caters Southampton.

Station 2
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• Other possible locations
• The new forest dissects the two sites, therefore
  possible locations in this zone are very limited.
  Due to limited settlements, hence sparse
  population, essential services could possibly be
  inadequate and easy access difficult. Thus a
  location within the area of the New Forest should
  not be contemplated for this project.

Station 2
Station 1
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Location of the lifeboat station 3
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Location of the lifeboat station 3
Advantages Very close to a village Good access
and parking
Details Opening date 1867 Crew 40
people. Parking Boats 1
Disadvantages Swell perpendicular to the
ramp Low depth for the boats (a footbridge is
necessary) Small boat capacity
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Location of the lifeboat station 4
Location
2
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Location of the lifeboat station 4
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Advantages Very close to a city Good
access Swell not very important Good depth for
boats
Details Opening date 1965 Crew
undefined small Parking Boats 2
Disadvantages Swell perpendicular to the ramp
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Proposal of new location for a lifeboat station
in this zone(5)
Probably advantages Very close to a
village Good access Good parking Good depth
for boats
Probably disadvantages Swell perpendicular to
the ramp (decision of the direction of the
ramp)
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Proposal of new location for a lifeboat station
in this zone(6)
The location of the Portsmouth Lifeboat Station
looks very good in many ways. It could be a great
location just improving some aspects (access and
parking)
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Bognor Regis
Littlehampton
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Existing Life Boat Station Littlehampton (7)
Location of the Station
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Lifeboat Location 8 Bognor Regis
Life Boat Station in front of the sea
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Bognor Regis
(Live Local, 2007)
(RNLI, 2007b)
(Live Local, 2007)
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Bognor Regis
(RNLI, 2007a)
Station Constructed Here?
(Live Local, 2007)
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Bognor Regis

• Population 22,555 (wikepedia, 2007b)
• Popular holiday destination
• Potential to replace the nearby station _at_
  Littlehampton
• Long sloping beach - Use of existing pier
• Revitalisation of pier
• Charitable Donations?

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Station 9 East Wittering
East Wittering
(Live Local, 2007)
Existing Station _at_ Selsey (RNLI, 2007a)
(Live Local, 2007)
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Station 9

• Potential to replace neighbouring smaller
  stations at Selsey and Hayling Island
• Able to serve Chichester Marina and nearby
  campsites
• Access by existing slipway
• Nearby Chichester with population of 25,000
  (wikepedia, 2007a)

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Lifeboat Location 10 Worthing
Example of location
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Worthing

• 100, 000 inhabitants, 12th largest population
  (480,000 people) in the UK (10th in England)
• National Park, tourist attraction

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Lifeboat location 11 Reconstruction of Shoreham
lifeboat station

• Site already prepared to construction

• Protected from wind and water movements

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Lifeboat location 12 Construction of a lifeboat
station in Portslade
gtIn the bay so protected from wind and waves
gt easy access to the port and the sea
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Lifeboat Location Yarmouth
Yarmouth is a small town that is situated on the
north face of the Isle of White. The lifeboat
station at Yarmouth is a very busy station,
situated 9 miles from Mudeford, 10 miles from
Calshot and 20 miles from Bembridge. The station
currently provides all-weather cover in the
Western Solent and from Hengistbury Head to St
Catherine's and out into the main channel
shipping lanes. (RNLI, 1999) Yarmouth lifeboat
station operates the largest class of lifeboat,
the Severn class.
Picture from Google Earth

• The sea conditions at Yarmouth will be mostly
  sheltered from the english channel and the
  harbour wall will shield the lifeboat station and
  the rest of the harbour from any storms and high
  winds.
• Yarmouth is an ideal base for a lifeboat station
  as it has easy access to areas along the solent
  as well as the busy commercial routes in and out
  of Southamton. It also has easy access to the
  English channel. There should also be easy access
  to any materials or resources needed during
  construction phase.
• A major problem would be the space restructions
  in the harbour that could effect the construction
  of a new lifeboat station.

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Lifeboat Location Mudeford
Mudeford is a small town that is situated near
Bournmouth, Dorset. The lifeboat station is built
upon sand banks at the exit of the River
Stour. The lifeboat station at Mudeford has a
small inshore lifeboat that capable of patrolling
the busy beachs at Bournmouth, which is essential
during the busy tourism season. (rnli,
2007a) With a larger lifeboat station at this
loaction then it would become possible for the
lifeboat to be able to answer calls from further
afield and be able to answer calls of distress
from all the way along the solent.
Picture from Google Earth

• A disadvantage of the Mudeford location is the
  surrounding geology as just east of Mudeford near
  Highcliff and Barton-on-sea there are major
  problems with coastal defences due to large
  amounts of longshore drift. Altough Mudeford
  appears to be sheltered from the worst of it
  there may be a possibility that it could effect
  any large structures built along this stretch of
  coast.
• Mudeford would be an ideal base for a lifeboat
  station as it has easy access to areas along the
  solent including the busy tourist beach at
  Bournmouth. There should also be easy access to
  any materials or resources needed during
  construction phase and other emergency services
  due to its close proximity to Bournmouth.

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Unfeasable Locations
Picture from Google Earth

• . The following locations along the south of
  England Coast are not feasable for a lifeboat
  station due to access or geological problems.
• The mud cliffs between Mudeford and Barton-on-sea
  are unstable due to a big erosion problemcaused
  by both waves and wind therefore it would not be
  a good idea to build here.
• The same could be said at the cliffs on the Isle
  of Whites Coast they are eroding and would need
  some kind of coasteal defence if the lifeboat
  station was built here there is also a big
  problem with access along this coastline and
  getting the construction equipment in place to
  build the station will be a problem..

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References Google (no date). Maps.
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(2007). Map of SO41 3SE United Kingdom .
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Lifeboat Station Calshot. Retrieved Feburary
18th, 2007, from RNLI.com website
http//www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations
/CalshotHants/ RNLI (1999). YARMOUTH LIFEBOAT
STATION TO HAVE A SEVERN CLASS LIFEBOAT Retrieved
Feburary 18th, 2007, from http//rnli.org.uk/who_w
e_are/news/news_detail?articleid163675 RNLI
(2007a). Lifeboat Station Mudeford Retrieved
Feburary 18th, 2007, from http//rnli.org.uk/rnli_
near_you/southwest/stations/Mudeford/
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References

• Live Local, 2007. Live Search. Retrieved
  February, 16, 2007 from
• http//maps.live.com/
• RNLI, 2007a. Lifeboat Station Selsey. Retrieved
  February, 16, 2007 from
• http//www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations
  /LittlehamptonWestSussex/
• RNLI, 2007b. Lifeboat Station Littlehampton.
  Retrieved February, 16, 2007 from
• http//www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations
  /LittlehamptonWestSussex/
• Wikepedia , 2007a. Chichester. Retrieved
  February, 16, 2007 from
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester
• Wikepedia , 2007b. Bognor Regis. Retrieved
  February, 16, 2007 from
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bognor_Regis