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Hundreds packed the harbour and beach at Lyme Regis on Saturday to watch the ceremonial launch of a replica of one of the first lifeboats to be used by the RNLI in 1830.
The boat, a lerrett, was built at the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy by traditional wooden boat builder Gail McGarva. The launch of the 17 foot double ended clinker boat came the day before the end of one of the most successful Lyme Regis and Charmouth Weeks.
After the naming, Littlesea, and the obligatory bottle of champagne and the throwing of sea salt, the vessel was rowed in procession out of the harbour with the town’s RNLI lifeboat, Pearl of Dorset, leading the way.
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