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Brave horses who gave their live for saving people....
The culmination of the exercise is the launch of the lifeboat and its crew.
After the horses arrive on the beach with their heavy load, everything is quickly put in order and the team of 8 horses and the drivers is prepared.
The signal to departure sounds and one large, condensend muscle power will released from the 8 horses.
The horses drag the 12- ton combination through the shalows of the surf to the point where the water is deep enough to launch the life boat.
From the lifeboat it is possible to launch the boat into the sea via a movable platform.
Now it is calm, but when the storm rages it is a boiling roaring sea with a high surf.
The lifeboat has been brought into the sea by horses for 150 years and the fearless crews have saved 600 lives from the clutches of a seething sea.
And there are still regular excercises on the beach of the island of Ameland, on the one hand to test readiness for assistance, but on the other hand also to be able to continue to master the age- old technique of the launching the lifeboat by horses........
YouTube: Paarden Reddingboot Ameland
Brave horses who gave their live for saving people....
The culmination of the exercise is the launch of the lifeboat and its crew.
After the horses arrive on the beach with their heavy load, everything is quickly put in order and the team of 8 horses and the drivers is prepared.
The signal to departure sounds and one large, condensend muscle power will released from the 8 horses.
The horses drag the 12- ton combination through the shalows of the surf to the point where the water is deep enough to launch the life boat.
From the lifeboat it is possible to launch the boat into the sea via a movable platform.
Now it is calm, but when the storm rages it is a boiling roaring sea with a high surf.
The lifeboat has been brought into the sea by horses for 150 years and the fearless crews have saved 600 lives from the clutches of a seething sea.
And there are still regular excercises on the beach of the island of Ameland, on the one hand to test readiness for assistance, but on the other hand also to be able to continue to master the age- old technique of the launching the lifeboat by horses........
YouTube: Paarden Reddingboot Ameland