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September 29 , 2004
Brean Down training exercise for Burnham and Weston lifeboats

Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's lifeboats took part in a joint exercise with Weston-super-Mare RNLI and the Coastguard at Brean Down on Wednesday, September 29.

Burnham's Atlantic 75 and D-Class boats launched from the town's slipway at 19:20 hours before setting out towards Brean Down.

"Here, they were directed by the Coastguard to rescue the imaginary 'casualty', which in this case was the Weston-super-Mare lifeboat, one mile north of number one buoy in the Bristol Channel," said an RNLI spokesman.

He added: "It was a lengthy exercise that involved plenty of searching in the dark for the crews."

Both the Staines Whitfield and D-Class lifeboats returned to Burnham-On-Sea slipway later in the evening, at 22:00 hours.

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