Meet The Team

Every crew member donates their time and skills to save and protect lives along our coastline. We currently have 20 boat crew in addition to shore support crew, fundraisers, trustees and committee members, all of whom bring a wide range of skills and experiences to the overall team. Together the team ensures the boat and crew are ready to respond on a 24 hours-a-day basis, 365 days a year.

In addition to our local volunteers, we also are particularly proud that we have the support of our Medical Advisors. These professionals volunteer their time to guide us, assist us with our training and they ensure that our medical standards remain exceptionally high. This is important for us as a high proportion of our “shouts” are medical emergencies to stricken scuba divers.

Crew

Barry Shaw 
Launch Operations Manager
Secretary
Trustee

David Wilson
Coxswain
Chair of Operational Committee
Trustee

Graeme Crowe
Coxswain

Paul Crowe
Coxswain/Mechanic
Operational Committee

Chair of Trustees

John George Wilson
Coxwain/Assistant Mechanic

Keith Hood
Coxwain

Richard Barry 
Training Officer 

Susan Barry
Michael Beck
Duncan Crowe
Alistair Easingwood
Tom Martin
Roberta McMath
Julie McBirnie
Kevin McClure
Jamie Smith
Ian Wightman

Shore Support Crew & Medical Advisors

Deputy Launch Authority
James Crowe
Leonard Crowe (retired)
Steven Wilson Hood
Angus Skene
Jim Wilson

Very sadly, we lost Alistair Crowe as DLA in January 2025 - he is sorely missed. 

Shore Crew
Richard Barry
Richard Burnett
Andy Sargent
Max Maxwell
Brian Perks

Medical Advisors
Ross Archibald, Consultant in emergency medicine at St John’s Hospital and Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 
Lyle Moncur, Consultant in emergency medicine and major trauma at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Trustees

Chair of Trustees
Paul Crowe

Richard Barry
Richard Burnett
John Lamont (MP)
Stephen Nesbitt
Andy Sargent
Barry Shaw (Secretary)
David Wilson

Officer to Trustees : Ruth Hair (Treasurer)

Administration

Operational Committee Members

Chair
David Wilson

Secretary
Barry Shaw

Treasurer
Ruth Hair

Collections Coordinators
Pauline Hood
Norman Wood

Chair of Fundraising Committee
Sandra Ross ( & 5p Pots)

Paul Crowe
Maria Maxwell
Gus Skene

Our Retail & Fundraising Team

Trading Company Director : Karen Murray
Jean Bennett
Barbra Davies
Matt Elliott
Alison Forsyth
Joanna Gibson
Joyce Guthrie
Helen Hardwick
Caroline Higgitt
Anne Mason
Maria Maxwell
Pip Millard
Jennifer Mole

Karren Orr
Linda Perryman
Sandra Ross
Lesley Safford
Frances Sallabanks
Lorraine Sinclair
Moira Skene
Frankie Taylor
Liz Thomas
Sally Walsh
Lyn Warholm
Margaret Wilson
Margaret Grant Wilson
Sheila Wilson

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Photo Credits Richard Eyres