If human life has no price, rescue has a cost: this is what the National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM) points out in its donation collection campaign. In Seine-Maritime, the ten coastal resorts are the perfect illustration of this. “It’s true that between the damage and the planned construction sites, we had to juggle a bit with the boats,” admits Philippe Valetoux, the SNSM delegate for the department which has nearly 240 volunteers.
And if, in Fécamp, the all-weather boat which hit the pier is about to be able to return to sea, the Le Havre star will be absent for many months to be overhauled. “It is the one from Saint-Valery-en-Caux which will replace it during the construction period, while the one from Honfleur in Calvados hit a tree trunk in the Bay of Seine and has since been in operation. repair… “