LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lindy Lou
CHILD AMONG FOUR RESCUED FROM YACHT Hoylake, Cheshire. Around 11.20 on the morning of the 30th July, 1962, a number of reports were received stating that a yacht had sunk off Sandhey slipway and that her crew were in the...
Cuprous
LIFE-BOAT TAKES OVER TOW OF YACHT Holy Island, Northumberland. At six o'clock on the evening of the 25th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from the motor vessel Ettrick that...
Tnalassa
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 12.25 a.m.
on 24th August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the breakwater head. The life-boat St. Cybi {Civil Service No. 9) slipped her moorings at 1...
Pandora
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 5.50 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with engine failure was almost aground on Boiler Reef. The lifeboat City of Glasgow II proceeded at 6.7 in a h'ght...
Armorel
Appledore, Devon. At 10.10 a.m. on 2nd July, 1964, while the life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker was on a combined exercise with the Royal Air Force, the sailing yacht Armorel, about three miles south-west by west of Fairway buoy, was seen to be...
Marigold
APRIL 22ND. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Early in the afternoon a sailing yacht was seen making towards Whitecliffe Bay with her sails damaged. She was kept under observation by the coastguard and lifeboatmen.
A strong N.W....
Carew Belle
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard reported a small yacht in distress one mile to the south-east of Tenby lookout. A strong north-west breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy....
The Viking O., of Dublin
JUNE 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN. At 9.15 in the morning the lifeboat’s assistant motor-mechanic reported a yacht up against the east pier. The wind was blowing very strongly from the northwest, and the sea was rough....
Slor
AUGUST 13TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At two in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel was in distress a mile east of Marina look-out. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The motor...
Pinta
JULY 23RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a...