[2] In 1964, in response to an increasing amount of water-based leisure activity, the RNLI placed 25 small fast Inshore lifeboats around the country.

At a ceremony on 2 June, the boathouse was officially opened by Clare Francis MBE, the first woman to captain a boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.

[4] At 18:30 on 17 December 1981, Harbourmaster and lifeboat helm Alan Coster was alerted by the Sealink Ferry office, to a fishing boat Al Mor, in trouble in gale force 7 conditions, near the mouth of the Lymington River.

Helm Alan Coster was awarded the RNLI Bronze Medal, the other two lifeboat crew members accorded 'Medal Service Certificates'.

The 6.5 metres (21 ft) yacht Piciess had been caught out by severe weather that had not been forecast, and had suffered a broken mast and engine failure.

Local resident Rufus Eyre funded state-of-the-art training facilities; a dedicated room with plasma screen, projector and laptop, and a computer network throughout the building.