LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Weymouth Lifeboat Tony Vandervell
Weymouth lifeboat Tony Vandervell returns to Weymouth Harbour with the Poole-based yacht Piepenhannes in tow. The yacht fouled a propeller on a pot line at Lulworth Cove on September 6, 1987 and ran aground. A local fishing boat helped her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sarah Ann
JULY 10TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. At 7 P.M. a yacht was seen to strike the Caister Shoal, near the south end of Caister Beach, knock off, and drift ashore. A slight northerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy ground swell. The pulling and...
Shielia
JULY 9TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 8.35 in the morning the Arklow smack St. Gerrade put into Rosslare Harbour and reported that a yacht was sinking on the North Dogger Bank, Wexford Bar. The skipper had tried, but without success,...
Brunette
AUGUST 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. Shortly after 3 P .M. a s m a l l yacht about three miles east of the harbour was seen trying to beat into harbour against westerly gale and a rough sea. She was kept in view by the life-boat...
Reaching the limits
It was the morning of Saturday 24 May 2008 and the sailor, en route from the Azores to Ireland, was in considerable pain. He struggled to control his yacht in the rough seas that would inevitably worsen – gales were expected for the evening....
Category: Articles
No Picnic
Amazingly, Poole lifeboats hadn’t been called out for a month, belying our status as one of the busiest coastal stations, but on Sunday 28 October at 10.59am, my pager broke its silence. Spurred into action, I knew that it could be something...
Category: Articles
Commander
About 1.20 P.M. on the 29th July the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard at Tor- quay that a motor boat was in distress off Ivy Cove. A very strong squally wind was blowing from the W.S.W., with a rough sea. The Motor Life-boat...
Hyacinth
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 2.46 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1954, the Ushant radio station broad- cast that the fishing boat Gordias had found the sailing yacht Hyacinth, of Washington, U.S.A., about twelve miles west-by-north...
Maida
Dunbar, East Lothian. On the 18th June, 1961, at 8.40 in the morning messages were received from the coast- guard that a yacht in the Forth needed help but had been lost to view from the shore. Various messages were received, but all were...
Marjorie Caw
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.15 early on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a yacht was dragging her anchors and was likely to strike the back of the old pier at any moment. This was con- firmed soon...