THE captain of the cruise liner Van Gogh handed over a cheque for over £7,000 to the RNLI as the ship prepared for her last voyage out of Falmouth of the season.
Capt Grygoriy Logynov made the handover to members of the Falmouth lifeboat crew, the money having been collected from passengers during her Mediterranean cruises in the summer. The ship is heading off down to the Mediterranean for the last time this season and will return to Falmouth on July 4 next year t start again.
Among those at the presentation were Mike Reynolds, port operations manager, Emma Ward, cruise manager for Travelscope, Dave Nicoll, area organiser for the RNLI, Trish Barnes, chair of the Falmouth Townswomen's Guild, Capt Grygoriy Logynov, Tim Julian, Falmouth lifeboat mechanic, Heather Nicoll, RNLI box secretary Falmouth, Roger Newell, of Newell's Travel, Falmouth, and Roger Green, who made the model of the Richard Cox Scott lifeboat the captain is holding with the original in the background.
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