LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wood for the Trees
The air is heavy with the unmistakable smell of sawn timber and Stockholm tar and jangles gently to the sound of a distant bandsaw as I watch a boatbuilder ease a plank into place around the gaunt frames of an 18ft launch under construction....
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The Fundraisers
Some w a y s of f i l l i n g t he CO f f e r s . . . A clean sweep! The Royal Burgh of Cullen ladies lifeboat guild, established in May 1990, recently held a tombola evening which raised £700. The village of Cullen in north east...
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Lifeboats In Action
Rescue against the clock Drifting closer to a rocky shore minute by minute, the yacht Headstrong needed help to survive the night. But would the Plymouth lifeboat reach them in time?Hampered by fishing gear around her propeller, Headstrong...
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Ships' Logs
AMONGST the many appliances which con- tribute to the safe navigation of a ship, none is of more importance than the small instrument termed " a log," by which the distance run can be approximately ascer- tained from day to day, or...
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Sail
Sail
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Review by
Carol Waterkeyn
American best-selling author James Patterson has teamed up for the second time with fellow countryman and writer...
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An Aeroplane (50)
DECEMBER 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
Rescue craft and aeroplanes also searched.- Rewards, £24 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (102)
JULY 10TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and thelife-boat was recalled by a patrol boat.- Rewards, £8 15s..
An Aeroplane (12)
JANUARY 2 l ST. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except a big floating mine which was reported by the Scarborough life-boat. - Rewards : Filey, £11 12s.;...
An R.A.F. Aeroplane
MAY 17TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. A message came that a body had been seen, and the life-boat went out again, but again found nothing. - Rewards : first...
An Aeroplane (187)
NOVEMBER 28TH. - FENIT, CO: KERRY.
A German aeroplane had crashed near the Blasket Islands and three of the crew were safe, but two others were adrift in the aeroplane’s rubber boat. A search was made, but nothing was...