LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

•—3rd August, 1938. A boat from H.M.S. Boreas, acting as escort to the Royal Yacht which had their Majesties the King and Queen on board, had been reported adrift, but it was learned...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 5.18 on the evening of the 24th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down three miles south of St.

Catherine's and needed a tow. There was...

Margate, Kent.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that a yacht with a capsized boat alongside was calling for help off Birchington.

The life-boat North Foreland (Civil...

INEXPERIENCED YACHTSMEN IN DAMAGED BOAT Sheringham, Norfolk. At 10.5 on the morning of Wednesday, 21st August, 1963, a fisherman returning from crabbing in squally weather with poor visibility and light wind from the west-north-west reported...

Torbay, Devon - At 9.37 p.m. on 9th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about six miles south-southwest of Berry Head and picket boats had been sent out to investigate from the Royal...

Flamborough and Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a small yacht was reported to be in difficulties off Flamborough Head. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched at 5.40 into a moderate south south easterly...

Quick help IN A MODERATE TO FRESH north-westerly breeze on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 19, the owner of the yacht Chica was thrown into the sea just opposite Campbeltown Old Quay when his inflatable dinghy capsized. His wife threw a...

WITH the present boom in the yachting and boating industry rising steadily each year, as more and more people seek and enjoy pleasurable pastimes afloat, there is also a growing anxiety from the marine rescue associations generally about the...