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Gallery: Peterhead Lifeboat Station sail-ebrates Scottish Week with open day

Peterhead Scottish Week celebrations continue, with scores of families enjoying a tour of the RNLI Lifeboat Station.

Scottish Week - The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
 Image: Kenny Elrick/DC Thomson
Scottish Week - The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead. Image: Kenny Elrick/DC Thomson

Scores of people turned out to take an inside look at Peterhead Lifeboat Station as part of the town’s 61st Scottish Week celebrations.

The RNLI open day returned for yet another year, much to the delight of fans, as people of all ages were on board to join in on all the fun.

Crew members from the station were on hand to give visitors a tour round their facilities, followed by a closer look at two of the lifeboats docked in the harbour –  The Misses Robertson of Kintail and The Douglas Currie.

Fergus McGlone, who is the full-time coxswain at the Peterhead Lifeboat Station, told The Press & Journal he is “delighted to welcome visitors come rain or shine”.

“We are open all week,” he said. “We are very lucky to be supported and it is also really good to have the community come down and see their lifeboat.”

Our photographer Kenny Elrick was there to capture the best moments.

Five young boys at Peterhead's lifeboat station open day.
The station has opened its doors to mark the town’s 61st Scottish Week.
Two young boys by the lifeboat's control panel.
(L-R) Jaiden John Whyte, 10, and Evan Patience, 10.
Young boy at the lifeboat's wheel.
Ruairidh Sloconbe, 9.
RNLI signage on lifeboat.
The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
Young boy with boat's steering wheel in hand.
Jaiden John Whyte, 10.
The RNLI lifeboat jackets.
The RNLI lifeboat jackets.
Young families take a tour around the Lifeboat station.
Young families take a tour around the Lifeboat station.
Inside one of the RNLI lifeboat.
Inside one of the RNLI lifeboat.
Children learn about the various lifejackets from an instructor.
Children learn about the various lifejackets.
The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
Young boy on the lifeboat.
Caleb Findlay, 3.
Young boy in the Search and Rescue car.
Harris Ritchie, 5 in the Search and Rescue car.
Families tour the RNLI lifeboat.
Families tour the RNLI lifeboat.
Man and child looking over the boat.
Looking over the boat.
The RNLI lifeboats in Peterhead.
The RNLI lifeboat in Peterhead.
Family smiles for pictures on lifeboat.
Big smiles!
Young boy standing next to RNLI signage.
Cons Slocombe, 12.
The RNLI lifeboat Bell.
The RNLI lifeboat Bell.
The RNLI lifeboats in Peterhead.
The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
Boy smiles for pictures at the Peterhead Lifeboat open day.
Evan Patience, 10.
Young boy in oversized RNLI uniform.
Oliver McIntosh, 8.
Families enjoy the tour.
Families enjoy the tour.
Search and Rescue van.
Search and Rescue van.
A young child boards the Lifeboat.
A young child boards the Lifeboat.

Toddler sitting in Search and Rescue van's front seat.

Families inside the lifeboat.
The RNLI lifeboat open day in Peterhead.
Mechanical system inside the RNLI lifeboat.
Inside the RNLI lifeboat.
The RNLI lifeboat steering wheel.
The RNLI lifeboat steering wheel.

‘Very lucky to be supported’: Peterhead RNLI throw open station doors to visitors