LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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CRIES FOR HELP Poole, Dorset. At 10.45 p.m. on 1st May, 1964, cries for help were heard coming from the harbour from the direction of Stakes buoy. The Institution's rubber dinghy manned by the life-boat's motor mechanic and a member...

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...

The following account of an additional noble and great service recently performed by the same valuable life-boat cannot fail to be read with much interest. These details have been furnished by the Rev. G. W.

STEWARD, the...

Six survivors snatched from yacht in Force 9 gale and heavy seas A service to a 50ft yacht by St Peter Port's Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold in atrocious weather conditions resulted in media headlines throughout the country - and...

Only one journal stays consistently abeam the best sailing craft, reaches for the important events, informs and identifies with yachting people everywhere, and does it all as a matter of course. There's a whole world of yachting in...

(Above, left) Exmoiith's third lifeboat, Victoria, a 32ft self-righter pulling ten oars double-hanked, was on station from 1867 to 1884, during which time she rescued 15 people.

In one gale she was hauled on her... - View image in PDF

SAFETY RULES A skipper whose 60-foot motor yawl rammed a 12-foot sailing dinghy, shipwrecking the latter crew, was fined £2 in January for careless navigating in Chichester harbour. The defendant had pleaded guilty to navigating a...