Mumbles lifeboat

Colourful homemade rafts and crews in fancy dress at the Knab Rock slipway, with crowds watching behind

MUMBLES: Gold Lamborghini, live music and a fleet of wacky rafts — the RNLI Raft Race turns 40 in two weeks

The Mumbles RNLI Raft Race marks its 40th year on Sunday 19 July at Knab Rock — with a new…

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Kit Peters

6th July 2026

19th September 2026

MUMBLES: Raft race returns for 40th anniversary as event prepares to showcase revamped seafront

Brightly costumed teams paddle homemade rafts through the water during the Mumbles Raft Race, with a large crowd watching from the stone pier wall above and hills visible across the bay in the background.

The broken down yacht off the coast of Mumbles (Image: RNLI/Adam Gilbert)

8th September 2025

Broken-down yacht marks 1,000th launch for Mumbles RNLI deputy coxswain

A late-night rescue of a drifting yacht off Port Talbot has marked the 1,000th launch for The Mumbles RNLI’s Deputy…

The Mumbles lifeboat was the busiest in Wales last year.

24th March 2023

Mumbles lifeboat named busiest in Wales as RNLI issue funding Mayday call

The RNLI has released its operational figures for 2022, which show lifeboat launches from its 30 stations around the Welsh…