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June 11, 2007: Robbo breaks his duck.
After waiting more than two years since qualifying as Deputy Second Coxswain, David “Robbo” Robinson has finally skippered the ALB as Coxswain on a shout.
Thanks to Station Coxswain Michael Nugent being on an RNLI course at Poole, Robbo finally achieved his dream. Although not due to take over as covering Coxswain until 18:00, Robbo had managed to acquire a Launching Authority pager, giving him the edge on arriving at the station before George Jasper when Humber Coastguard requested the ALB to launch to a drifting yacht.
Robbo later said: “It was like being a teenager again: I thought it was never going to happen. The DLA’s pager which I’d accidentally picked up meant I had a good five minutes head start on George so it’s finally happened. The thick fog meant that the first time wasn’t really that good as I couldn’t get a good speed up but I can’t wait to do it again as I’ve been told it will get better every time”.
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