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Break Through: How the Inflatable Rescue Boat Conquered the Surf
 
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Break Through: How the Inflatable Rescue Boat Conquered the Surf (Paperback)

by Edward Wake-Walker (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Granta Editions (May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185757088X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857570885
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.4 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,376,803 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the intriguing story of how the Australian surf came
to be conquered by the seemingly puny 12ft inflatable rescue boat (the
rubber ducky as it came to be known). It is now the single most important
means of rescuing people from the surf, not just in Australia but in many
countries across the world.

The story originates in the early 1960s when a young Australian, Warren
Mitchell, working as a lifeguard on a north Cornish beach, witnessed early
trials of inflatable rescue boats (which led to the RNLI adopting them into
their fleet). He took the concept back to New South Wales and, in the face
of enormous scepticism, proved to his countrymen that the IRB was a
quicker, safer alternative to all the traditional methods used to get to
people drowning 'beyond the break'.

There are accounts of recent daring rescues in mountainous surf as well as
a look back over the centuries at how sea bathing and surfing first became
popular and at the 900BC origins of the inflatable boat.

Break Through has been produced as a joint venture between the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution and Surf Life Saving Australia. Its
publication in 2007 helps to mark the centenary of SLSA, `the Year of the
Lifesaver'. The two volunteer organisations nowadays work closely together
exchanging personnel, ideas and techniques and they see the IRB story as
inspiration for such international co-operation. All proceeds from the
sale of this book will benefit the two organisations' lifesaving work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing biography - even if you aren't a lifesaver!!, 3 Jul 2007
By W. R. J. Ezekiel "Bill Ezekiel" (Bournemouth UK) - See all my reviews
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A well written history of the IRB and the story of how Warren Mitchell came up with the idea and got it so right from day 1. The RNLI's phrase 'Train one, save many' applies to Warren more than anyone else I know. Come to the IRB champs in Bournemouth on 7th October 2007
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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb book!, 20 Jun 2007
This book pulls together the true history of the IRB and shows the influence of many organisations and people around the world on its development. However, it is Warren Mitchell whose legacy as the 'father of the IRB' who is truly the hero of this book and Edward Wake Walker has done a superb job in bringing the history through Warrens eyes alive!
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