A night in the museum Sydney-style

By Julie Power
Updated October 11 2015 - 1:08pm, first published 12:32pm
John Braeur onboard the Sea Guardian when it was moored at the Maritime Museum in Sydney. Originally named the Hope Roberts, it was built in 1969 by Camper and Nicholsons of Southampton, and it saved 79 lives on 162 rescue missions during its service in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur onboard the Sea Guardian when it was moored at the Maritime Museum in Sydney. Originally named the Hope Roberts, it was built in 1969 by Camper and Nicholsons of Southampton, and it saved 79 lives on 162 rescue missions during its service in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur with the Hope Roberts. Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur with the Hope Roberts. Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur in Sydney Harbour outside the Maritime Museum.  Photo: James  Brickwood
John Braeur in Sydney Harbour outside the Maritime Museum. Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur  Photo: James Brickwood
John Braeur Photo: James Brickwood

For more than six months, John Brauer slept at the Maritime Museum on-board a nearly unsinkable rescue boat that has saved more than 100 lives around the world.

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