It is with deep sadness that Dungeness RNLI lifeboat station announces the death of their famous Dungeness lifeboat lady launcher Doris Tart aged 85, she died peacefully on Monday 30th April 2007 at 9.20 am in the William Harvey Hospital. Doris had been ill for sometime but throughout still kept her dignity and sense of humour. At the moment there are no more details until her funeral has been arranged.

Early Thursday morning (26 April, 2007) Dungeness RNLI lifeboat was launched to a yacht with steering and rudder problems six miles east of Dungeness point.

The RNLI lifeboat was lauched in light northeasterly winds to the yacht Heartbeat 111 on passage from Portsmouth to Dover and who had developed steering problems six miles from Dungeness. The stricken yacht was towed to a safe anchorage in Dover Harbour.

Second coxswain of Dungeness RNLI lifeboat Stuart Richardson, is appointed new coxswain of Dover Lifeboat.

Stuart Richardson 36, was born at Dungeness and went to the local primary school in Lydd before attending Southland's comprehensive school in New Romney. He joined the crew on the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat at the age of 17 when his father William was coxswain.
Stuart's actual professsion was a commercial fisherman owning two boats, one working from Rye and the other from Dungeness, employing five people. He married Clair his wife in 1993 and they went on to have three children, Sophie, Jack and Maisie.
Stuart had his own house built in Battery Road, Lydd on Sea but in 2001 he retired from fishing to take on a fulltime helmsman's job at Tower lifeboat Station, one of the new RNLI stations on the Thames. He commuted daily from Dungeness to his job in London but on his days off he still managed to make his voluntary commitment to Dungeness RNLI lifeboat as second coxswain.

Stuart and family will now be moving to Dover in November to take up his new fulltime appointment with Dover RNLI lifeboat

On Saturday 23 December, 2007 at 8.30 am the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat was called to 15 meter new cabin crusier broken down with engine management failure

The RNLI lifeboat was launched to a new 15 meter motor cruiser broken down north east of Dungeness, with engine management failure on passage from Holland to Southampton. The casualty was towed to safe anchorage in Dover Harbour

Dungeness RNLI lifeboat launched twice in two days to same casualty

On Saturday 20 October, 2007 at 16.25 hours the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat was launched to a 23 foot yacht broken down with two persons aboard, 4.5 miles south west of Dungeness point on route from Newhaven to Dover, with engine failure. Coxswain Stuart Adams put one lifeboat crewmember aboard causalty to assess situation and decided to secure a tow from the lifeboat to take casualty to a safe achorage in Rye.

The next day, Sunday 21 October, 2007 at approximately 14.11 hours the same casualty with two persons aboard broke down again with the same engine failure, 5 miles north east of Dungeness point on route to Dover. Coxswain Adams and lifeboat crew again towed the casualty to a safe anchorage but this time to Dover Harbour.

Dungeness RNLI lifeboat called to broken down yacht.

On Wednesday 20th June 2007 at 8.00 am in the morning the 10 metre Yacht 'Lunan' requested help from the Dungeness RNLI lifeboat 5 miles northeast from Dungeness point due to engine failure and with the two sailors on board suffering severe sea sickness.
Two of the lifeboat's first aiders were put aboard the stricken vessel to assess the situation. Coxswain Stuart Adams decided to tow the casualty straight to Dover Harbour. Coxswain Adams said 'the lady sailor on the yacht was really ill and felt much better and relieved once she had her feet on dry land'