Ramsey, We of Man.—At 8.40 in the evening of the 8th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the yacht Seamew, of Ramsey, with a crew of two, had left for Douglas that afternoon and had not arrived. The motor life- boat Lady...
Kilmore, Co. Wexford - At 5.30 p.m. on 20th May, 1966, the honorary secretary at Dunmore East informed the Kilmore honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties off the Conningbeg lightvessel. The life-boat Cecil Paine was launched at...
FOUR YACHTSMEN LANDED FROM DUTCH VESSEL Weymouth, Dorset. At 7.35 on the evening of Wednesday the 7th of August, 1963, the Wyke coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Dutch motor vessel Zundrecht had four survivors from the motor...
TOW FOR TRAWLER Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.40 p.m.
on I4th October, 1963, the honorary secretary was told by the crew of a small yacht that a trawler had broken down about five miles east of Tenby. The lifeboat Henry Comber...
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.55 on the morn- ing of the 30th of September, 1954, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was burning flares south- west of Thatcher Rock. At 9.12, at high tide, the life-boat George Shee put out. The sea...
Chris Clements, the windsurfer national champion, won all three races in an open meeting at Alexandra Yacht Club, Southend, on September 13. Clifton Worry, who organised the event, is also a crew member of Southend lifeboat and with nearly... - View image in PDF
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Drifting in gale A DUTCH YACHT, the 42ft Ran I, reported at 2238 on Thursday June 4, 1981, that she was in difficulties in the vicinity of Shipwash Lightvessel; her engine had broken down and she was drifting in gale force winds. She had...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.55 A.M.
on the 25th August, 1938, the harbourmaster reported rockets near Black Rock Buoy in the Solent. The night was fine and the sea smooth. The motor life-boat S.G.E. put out at 3.17 A.M.,...
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that the yacht Tarifa was in diffi- culties some three miles south of Portland Bill. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out at...
Dover, Kent. At 12.55 early on the morning of the 25th of May, 1958, the eastern arm signal station informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was firing red flares off South Foreland. At 1.10 the life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary...