LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In response to information received from the Coast- guard, the Motor Life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.15 A.M. on the 13th January in a strong W.S.W. breeze, with a moderate sea, and went out to the Haisborough Sands. Finding noth-...

On the afternoon of the 2nd October the coast- guard reported that the Shoreham Harbour tug Adur II, while towing a hopper out to sea, had fouled^her propeller, and was drifting on to a lee shore. A strong, and increasing, S. breeze was...

Selsey, Sussex.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of May 18th, 1955, the coast- guard rang up to say that a sailing boat had capsized three and a half miles south of Thorney Island, and that a helicopter was on its way to her. About 1.15 a...

Rosslare, Co. Wexford.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of June, 1956, the Carne Coast Life-Saving Service rang up to say that the fishing boat Tern was out of control near Splough Rock and was drifting sea- wards. The...

Mr. John Lewis, of Holyhead, died on 10th March, at the age of sixty-four, only two months after he had been compelled to retire from the honorary secretaryship of the Holyhead life-boat station on account of ill-health. He had held that...

Torbay, Devon. — At 6 P.M. on the 19th September the Berry Headcoastguard reported that a man had fallen over the cliff at Berry Head on to a ledge close to the water. He had been helping three others, who had got into difficulties when...

By the Rev. WILBERFORCE ROBINS, Honorary Secretary of the Seaton Branch.

Mr. Robins, who became the honorary secretary of the Seaton branch last year, has an association of nearly fifty years with the life-boat service....

Some people take their pleasure seriously Boat owners who take pleasure seriously, take a very dim view of anything that interrupts their pursuit of happiness.

This simple fact is causing more skippers to choose CAT Marine...