History has been made on the RNLI’s Yarmouth lifeboat as Vicky Tribe becomes the first female in 91 years to join the volunteer crew.
Since the Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat Station was first opened in 1924, many dedicated local men have volunteered as crew; saving countless lives in the seas of the western Solent and off the back of the Wight. For the first time in the station’s long history the latest volunteer recruit to the Yarmouth lifeboat is female.
Vicky Tribe, 43, works full time as the House Manager at the Royal Solent Yacht Club in Yarmouth and, having grown up on the coast and worked abroad for many years on luxury yachts, is an experienced sailor with a passion for the sea.
Coxswain of the Yarmouth lifeboat Howard Lester commented:
“I am very pleased that Vicky has joined the crew; with her good working knowledge of boats I know that she will be a very valuable member of the team”.
Vicky, who will be joining close friends and her brother-in-law on the crew, said:
“I have enjoyed all aspects of my training so far, it is exciting and a privilege to have the opportunity to crew on my local lifeboat and I am looking forward to the challenge”.
Photographed: Yarmouth RNLI
