LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Explosion at sea AN EXPLOSION, on the night of November 15, 1973, aboard the 300-ton deep-sea trawler Boston Jaguar, 37 miles 020° (T) from Cromer, Norfolk, left the ship without steering gear, with her mate killed and a crew member...

Uphill all the Way by Alan Sears published by Adlard Coles Nautical at £14.99 ISBN 0-7136-4876-7 Completing a 30,000-mile race round the world and against the prevailing winds must bring a great feeling of personal satisfaction to those...

Surfer saved by D class in appal l|n g conditionsTramore's D class inflatable saved a surfer on 6 June lastyear in conditions which tested both the lifeboat and her crew to the limit.

In conditions which turned out to...

Windsurfer saved in raging gale Windsurfer Peter Waters was enjoying a great day in the surf at Porthcawl on 26 January 2002 when a sudden wind knocked him through his sail and into the water. 'I was about half a mile out to sea,' he...

As he restrings his tenor guitar, Seth Lakeman can’t help but have a smile on his face. He’s backstage at a music festival, enjoying the calm before another whirlwind performance. A few days earlier, his new album was propelled into the top...

Dunbar’s lifeboat and crew took a hammering on their way to saving two lives in May – would their resilience win the day?

Jonas and Ingrid Åkerblom had built the yacht Ouhm themselves. They planned to take...

The new RNLI lifeguard service at Skegness, Lincolnshire, unexpectedly joined forces with the local lifeboat crew when a swimmer was at risk of drowning.

On Monday 20 July, at 5.45pm, Lifeguard Ross Noble was preparing to...

THE decision of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution to establish the headquarters of the " Life-boat Saturday " Fund in London, under the management principally of a representative committee of " Life-boat...