Hello again,
yes, I want to visit Sinsheim and Speyer, too.
But if you are a lifeboat enthusiast AND you want to visit Germany, then you should try to be in Germany the last sunday of july.
This is the date of the "day of the sea rescuemen" (german: Tag der Seenotretter) - and there is "open door" at most of the german DGzRS (German Maritime Search and Rescue Service - sorry for my translation above) rescue stations and at the headquarters with GMRC (german maritime rescue centre) and a really little shipyard at Bremen. Usually there are several lifeboat models (there are even some 1:10 specialists...) and a few 1:1 lifeboats. Just found some lines in english (
http://www.dgzrs.de/index.php?id=265).
And ship enthusiasts shouldn't forget to visit the german ship museum at Bremerhaven north of Bremen (e.g.
http://www.dsm.museum/ausstellung/dauerausstellung.44.de.html), the german navy museum at Wilhelmshaven at the Jade Bay northwest of Bremen (
http://www.marinemuseum.de) - and (not only) model enthusiasts may like to visit the "Miniatur-Wunderland" (
http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com - a large? railway with moving cars and ships in 1:87, no lifeboats
, but really impressing. This homepage in english
) at Hamburg.
The first lifeboat of the former 26m class ("Georg Breusing"; sisterships "Adolph Bermpohl" [a 1:22? kit made by Graupner] and "Arwed Emminghaus") is located at Emden (south of North Sea island "Borkum") (
http://www.georg-breusing.de), (
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Breusing_%28Schiff%29), (
http://www.schiffsbilderarchiv.de/breusing.htm).
So far my rusty english from germany...