LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Surfing is often a way of life for those brought up by the sea. It’s also become a tool for lifesaving. Claire Vandvik finds out about the joys and the dangers of the waves

Surfers were once dismissed as beach bums but now...

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An estimated 1.2M people drown every year across the world – about the same number who die of malaria. Despite the scale of the problem, relatively little has been done to tackle it – until now

rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...

Understatement of great magnitude We are grateful to L. J. Robertson who, in his letter in the autumn journal, puts so succinctly our own feelings towards the manner of the rescue reports: '. . . understatement of great magnitude . . ....

Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...

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