Neil Chaplin

"In a lifeboat, we have to consider weight everywhere on board and the cable trays provide what is basically a relatively lightweight and simple open stainless steel basket allowing cables to be traced, identified and maintained more easily," comments Neil Chaplin, in-service support manager at RNLI. "If something does go wrong on a lifeboat, it is imperative that the crew can get to the bits that are going wrong to fix them," he continues, "It needs to be protected, but it also needs to be accessible."

Neil Chaplin, principal naval architect, UK RNLI

Neil Chaplin is a principal naval architect at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.Trained as a Naval Architect under MoD sponsorship, then worked in both ship support and procurement capacities on a wide variety of vessels.Joined the RNLI in 1997 as a Naval Architect, and in 2000 became project manager of the Fast Slipway Boat 2 (now Tamar) project.Responsible for the design, development, production and introduction into service of the Tamar, Neil has recently taken up the post of In Service Support Manager

Neil Chaplin, Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Neil Chaplin, CEng MRINA, is a principal naval architect at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.He trained as a naval architect under Ministry of Defence (MoD) sponsorship at the Southampton Institute, UK, then worked for the MoD in both ship support and procurement capacities on a wide variety of auxiliary vessels including floating docks, various survey vessels, SWATH passenger transfer craft, and replenishment oilers.He joined the RNLI in 1997 as a naval architect, and in 2000 became project manager of the Fast Slipway Boat 2 (now Tamar) project.Responsible for the design, development, production and introduction into service of the Tamar, Neil has recently taken up the post of in-service support manager

Neil Chaplin of the RNLI will look at boat construction projects based primarily on dry resin fusion processes in his role as a principal naval architect for the RNLI.