They are professional seamen
Xtian
I think that is a little defamatory a statement itself Xtian, as you speak of defamatory statements.
As our own RNLI lifeboat crews, although volunteers, are probably trained professionally to as high a level and standard as any full time SAR crew in the world, if not better in some cases, and it matters not a jot as to the professionalism of those brave crews from what ever country they come from whether the crew is full time OR volunteer.
They all deserve our praise and support.
by the way, those French boats are commonly nicknamed "beak boats" because the bow configuration looks like a parrot's beak..........I quite like the name, and love the boats.