The inspirational story of how the South Harris community came together and raised a crew for their new lifeboat.
Tha coimhearsnachdan timcheall air ceann a deas na Hearadh air a bhith ag iomairt airson b脿ta- teasairginn fhaighinn dhan sg矛re airson greis. Fhuair iad naidheachd bhon RNLI gun robh iad dol a dh' fhaighinn b脿ta airson bliadhna, aig a' char as lugha, mar dheuchainn.
'S e seo a' chiad st猫isean den t-se貌rsa a tha an RNLI air a st猫idheachadh ann an c貌rr is fichead bliadhna agus tha obair mh貌r air thoiseach air na seachd duine deug anns a' chriutha 霉r. Tha dithis no tri霉ir dhiubh ag obair aige mar-th脿, ach 's e gl猫 bheag de dh' e貌las a th'aig c脿ch. Tha d霉bhlain romhpa ma tha iad dol a bhith deiseil mus tig am b脿ta aca aig deireadh an t-samhraidh 2012.
B脿ta-teasairginn an t-脪ib - sgeulachd iongantach mu choimhearsnachd a' tighinn c貌mhla agus a' togail criutha airson a dhol gu muir anns an t-s矛de as miosa airson beatha a sh脿bhaladh.
Communities around the South of Harris have long been campaigning for a lifeboat to be stationed there. The RNLI have approved a trial period of at least one year.
This is the first all-weather lifeboat station that the RNLI have set up in over 20 years and the 17 brand new crew members have a lot of work ahead of them. A few of them have experience working on boats, however the rest of them have very little knowledge of the sea. The pressure is on to get the crew trained up and ready to go 'live' by the end of the Summer 2012.
The Leverburgh Lifeboat - The inspirational story of a community coming together and raising a crew to go out in the worst of weather to save lives at sea.
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