Red Devils drop in to Lyme Regis

Large crowds gathered to watch the Red Devils dop in. Picture RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)

Crowds were entertained to action in the air and on the water as Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week continued this week.

The Army parachute team, The Red Devils, thrilled spectators with their precision landing on the Cobb sands on Thursday.

Previously large crowds watched six bathtubs race across Lyme Bay to the harbour.

Winners were the Lyme Regis Youth Sailing Club. The lifeboat crew came 4th, and the team from the Alexandra came last and had to be helped ashore by the lifeboat and its crew!

The lifeboat crew came 4th in the bathtub race. Picture RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)

Meanwhile 600 hotdogs were sold at the lifeboat crew’s barbecue on the slipway.

And there was real life drama when lifeboat crew member Seb Cope went to the rescue after 11-year-old holidaymaker Dylan Cox, from Bristol, dropped his phone into the harbour.

Donning goggles and his wet suit, Seb dived to the sea bed for 15 minutes and found the phone.

The bathtub race team from the Alexandra came last and had to be helped ashore by the lifeboat and its crew. Picture RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)

Bathtub race winners - Lyme Regis Youth Sailing Club. Picture RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)

The lifeboat crew’s barbecue on the slipway, Picture: RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)

Lifeboat crew member Seb Cope with the phone he retrieved from the seabed. Picture RICHARD HOROBIN (Image: Archant)