A voluntary organisation keeping a visual watch along UK shores

NCI PATRON KATHERINE GRAINGER BECOMES RECORD BRITISH OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNER.

13th August 2016. Dr Katherine Grainger CBE, rowing Olympian, Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, and a national patron of NCI, has won a silver medal with her rowing partner, Vicky Thornley, in Rio. This brings her medal collection to one gold and four silver over five Olympic Games, putting her at the top of the league of British winners ahead of tennis star Kathleen Godfree and swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Now 40, she intends to retire from racing on the water to a more sedentary academic life.

On behalf of all the members of the National Coastwatch Institution, we offer our congratulations to Katherine for her incredible achievement.

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Currently almost 60 National Coastwatch stations are operational and manned by over 2600 volunteer watchkeepers around the British Isles from Fleetwood in the North West, through Wales, to the South and East of England to Filey in North Yorkshire. 

National Coastwatch watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to deal with emergencies offering a variety of skills and experience, and full training by the National Coastwatch ensures that high standards are met.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The words National Coastwatch Institution and Eyes Along the Coast and the NCI logos are Registered Trademarks of NCI.

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