Supporters of all ages turned out to the biggest fundraising event on the RNLI calendar at the weekend.
Arbroath Lifeboat Station hosted its SOS Day on Saturday, welcoming families from across Angus and beyond.
Highlight of the day was a rowing machine challenge which saw the oldest lifeboat crewman in Scotland, Ron Churchill (60), lead off a relay record attempt.
Members of the public competed in a sprint rowing challenge to cover the furthest “distance” over a two-minute period. A bouncy castle was set up for the younger children and there was also sumo suit wrestling.
Crewman Rod McLean said donations from the public were vital to keep the lifesaving service running.
“It has always been the case that we need the support of the local community and certainly, without them, there would be no lifeboat,” he said.
“On behalf of the crew and everybody at the RNLI in Arbroath, I would like to thank all those who came down and made a donation.
“We have had a good turnout, which has been helped by the good weather. SOS day is the RNLI’s biggest single fundraising day of the year and there are stations all over the country who organise their own events.”
The majority of this year’s SOS Days took place on January 25 but the Arbroath event was rescheduled so more crew members could attend.
The Arbroath Ladies’ Lifeboat Guild added to the weekend’s total with a Serve Our Supporters’ coffee morning in the Old and Abbey Church, which pulled in £760.
President Barbara Cargill said: “Thank you to the ladies of the Guild for all your hard work and also thanks to everyone who attend the coffee morning and made it such a success.”
The fundraising day comes on the back of statistics which showed the Arbroath crew was the sixth-busiest in Scotland last year.
The lifeboat was launched a total of 41 times, resulting in 23 people being rescued. Nationally, there were 1,008 shouts and 1,055 lives were saved.