LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fowey, Cornwall. At 10.15 on the night of the 20th of July, 1958, the Polruan coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a yacht had enginetrouble near the entrance to Fowey harbour. Seven minutes later the life- boat Deneys Reitz put...

IN September the Institution received an anonymous gift of £10,000 from a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. The gift was made, in the words of the donor, "in admiration of the magnificent work of the Institution" and as...

Intrepid yachtsman and survivor, Tony Bullimore who hit the headlines in January when he was rescued by the Australian Navy after spending five days in the Southern Ocean in his overturned yacht, signs up to Offshore at the Birmingham Boat... - View image in PDF

A FULL account appeared in the last issue of The Lifeboat of the wreck of the yacht Islander, with the loss of six lives, and of the gallant efforts made from the shore by several men to rescue the crew when the vacht was almost on the rocks...

Two lifeboats save six from yacht in storm conditions Aldeburgh and Lowestoft lifeboats were both involved in a long, arduous service in Storm Force winds and extremely heavy seas when they rescued six people from a yacht in the North Sea at...

Howth, Co. Dublin—At 12.45 in the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1948, a yacht reported that a small boat was drifting off Ireland's Eye, and at 1.4 the motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a fresh westerly breeze with a moder- ate...

FOR SALE INTERNATIONAL STAR CLASS RACING YACHT Regd. No. 1201 (ex-Olympics Class) 22' x 6' x 3' 4".

Undergoing refit.

New Keel Bolts.

Delivery mainland arranged.

The death has occurred of Ex-Coxswain James T. Upperton, of Shoreham, who was 78.

In 1941, as acting coxswain, Mr. Upperton was awarded the silver medal of the Institutions for rescuing 22 people from a minesweeper. Then,...