JULY 29TH. - RAMSEY, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN An aeroplane had been reported to Ramsey as having fallen into the sea six miles S.W. of Burrow Head, and the Ramsey life-boat was launched, as the Kirkcudbright life-boat was off service. At Peel...
For which Rewards were given at the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At about 5 P.M. on the 23rd April an aeroplane fell into the sea about two hundred yards from the...
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THE Y.L.A., with a growing membership of 7,000, continues to recruit members and with the yachting season in full swing it is hoped that members will do their utmost to recruit yet more names to the books.
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Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 7th of August, 1955, a message was received from the harbour office that the local yacht Regina had put off with a crew of two, and that anxiety was felt for her safety in the ebbing tide. Twenty...
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
A gallon bottle of Cognac brandy, presented by Martell, made £250 for the RNLI in a draw organised by John Hudson (I.), station honorary secretary at Port St Mary, Isle of Man. Alan Bell, an announcer with Manx Radio, won the prize and... - View image in PDF
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Crewman steers yacht to place of safetyThere is no such thing as a routine job for lifeboat crews. When the Campbeltown lifeboat was called out on 1 October 2000, it was simply to escort a troubled yacht to the safety of Carnpbeltown Loch....
Minehead, Somerset, and Life-boat 70-001 at Clovelly-At 12.50 a.m. on 24th September, 1967, it was learnt that a youth had taken out a yacht which was now drifting out to sea. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 1.12 in a light variable...
WATERLOGGED YACHT BEACHED ON MUD FLAT Selsey, Sussex. At 5.17 on the morning of the 9th July, 1962, a local fisherman, who was preparing to go to sea, saw red flares being fired from a ketchrigged boat about a mile north-east of the...
Girvan, Ayrshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 16th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down because of a defect in her steering six miles north of Corsewall Point. A num- ber...