Portpatrick Lifeboat Week

Portpatrick in South West Scotland. July 27th 2008 was the start of Portpatricks Lifeboat week. The annual Ribraid(Rigid Inflatable Boat)from Donaghadee in County Down was part of the celebrations.

Donaghadee to Portpatrick Ribraid July 2008 Part 1 @ Yahoo! Video

Published 2 days ago
In this clip the boats come over at a fair rate of knots and congregate offshore ready for the procession into harbour. Music is by the Dangleberries-Galloways Pipe Rock Band. « less
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Donaghadee to Portpatrick Ribraid July 2008 Part 2 @ Yahoo! Video

In this clip the boats are seen entering the harbour. Music is a Jimmy Shand medley.

Stranraer & District Pipe Band @ Yahoo! Video

Portpatrick in South West Scotland. July 27th 2008 was the start of Portpatricks Lifeboat week.Stranraer and District Pipe Band were part of the opening day's attractions.