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Image Credit: © Laura Lewis (Tower lifeboat RNLI crew, next to Tower Bridge)

Climb on board Cutty Sark for a weekend of lifesaving with the RNLI!

To celebrate the RNLI's 200th anniversary Royal Museums Greenwich has teamed up with the local Tower crew to host a range of talks and activities centered around lifesaving at sea.

Watch demonstrations by crew, learn lifesaving skills, hear stories about the lifeboats on the deck of Cutty Sark, and see the shipwright in action.

While you're here, you can also head over to the FREE exhibition Women of the RNLI Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Women of the RNLI, and discover the vital roles that women play in saving lives at sea.

Programme: 

Throw Line Training 
Venue: Dry Berth
Join the local Tower lifeboat crew to practise using throw lines and learn how you can safely help someone in the water.

Crew Kit Timed Challenge
Venue: Dry Berth
Discover what it takes to be a RNLI crew member with timed kit challenges - every second counts!

Gallery Favourite Talk: The Clipper Ship Hallowe’en 
Venue: Tween Deck 
In this talk, learn about the dramatic rescue of the owner of Cutty Sark John Willis’s ship Hallowe’en. Loaded with tea, she was wrecked off the South Devon coast and dramatically rescued by the brave crew of the RNLI Salcombe lifeboat, Alexandra.

Get Up Close with Cutty Sark's Lifesaving Objects
Venue: Main Deck and Dry Berth 
Take a look at the lifesaving equipment that would have been used onboard Cutty Sark and discover more about how the lifeboats formed part of the ship's story.

Oar and Fender Making 
Venue: Main Deck
See traditional skills being kept alive as the Cutty Sark shipwright makes oars for the lifeboat.