North West passage Captain Patrick Roberts undertook a sponsored windsurf from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, to Ramsey on the Isle of Man.
The sail started at 1pm in light winds and sunshine, but the wind soon died...
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FIVE years' experience by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION of the new class of life-boats, designed by JAMES PEAKE, Esq., of Her Majesty's Dock-yard, Woolwich, and elicited by the prize of 100 guineas given by His Grace the Duke of...
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Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1942 During the year life-boats were launched 443 times. Of these launches 244 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the...
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MARGATE, KENT.—At 10.45 P.M. on the 10th January it was reported that a sprat boat—the Enchantress, of Westwhen gate-on-Sea—had been missing since i early morning. The weather had been moderately fine during day, but thick, off and on, with...
THIS August, for the seventh year running, the fishwives of Cullercoats made a collection for the Life-boat Service when the quarterly launch and road exercise of the Cullercoats Life-boat took place.
By collecting this...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.
DIRECTIONS FOR RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.
THE leading principles of the following Directions...
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One of the attractions of Yeovil and district branch's stand at Yeovil Festival of Transport was a radio controlled model Waveney lifeboat built by John King, chairman of the branch. Visitors to the show were invited to sink a saucer... - View image in PDF
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tHen AnD noW First-c lass service The RNLI has been an eyecatching subject for portrayal on stamps for decades. Here is a small selection from the past and a preview of a new set of stamps due to be issued on 13 March. you can order from an...
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Each year's Annual Presentation of Awards provides an opportunity for an informal discussion on some of the medal services, the lifeboats involved and other aspects of lifeboat work. The day after the presentation of the medals in London...
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Sea users have a language all of their own, and when you add the terms brought in by new technology and the demands of a specialised operation such as the lifeboat service the potential for confusion can be enormous! In The Lifeboat we try...
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