Leapt to the rescue THE STORMS WHICH SWEPT ACROSS THE English Channel on August Bank Holiday Monday, 1986, continued unabated the next day and it was towards the end of the afternoon on Tuesday, August 26 that a yacht in Alderney Harbour...
New Quay and Pwllheli’s all-weather lifeboats worked together to rescue the crew of the Galasma on 6 September. The yacht, with fi ve people onboard, was having trouble in a force 8 northerly wind. Rough seas meant she wasn’t making much...
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Five young members of Lough Erne Yacht Club went the extra mile for the RNLI last year, when they held a mini triathlon to raise lifesaving funds. By paddling, cycling and running, they raised £310 for Enniskillen Lifeboat Station. Emma...
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Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.48 in the evening of the 6th of September, 1949, the East pier shore attendant tele- phoned that a yacht was on the Brake Sands and the life-boat Mary Scott, on. temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 5.51...
Selsey, Sussex - At 10.43 P-m. on 3
Fowey, Cornwall. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht had capsized a mile off Polkerris and that four people were in the water. There was a moderate northerly breeze...
FATAL FALL At 3.9 p.m. on 23rd May, 1964, the Great Yarmouth police informed the honorary secretary that a man had fallen into the river at the yacht station. The tide was almost at low water. There was a moderate north-easterly breeze with...
NOTES OF THE QUARTER'. 387 SEARCH AND RESCUE SEMINAR IN THE UNITED STATES .. .. 389 FOCUS ON PLYMOUTH 391 A CENTURY AGO 396 SERVICE TO YACHT AGROUND OFF WEYMOUTH PIER . . . . ... 398 NAMING CEREMONIES 4OI CENTENARIES 403 BIRTHDAY HONOURS...
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Own an Osborne 'KINGS WIFT 26' KING SIZE 4 BERTH CRUISER GRP in excess of Lloyds requirements Traditional yacht superstructure and deck Length 26 ft. Beam 9 ft. 10 in. Draft 2 ft.
Complete craft ready for sea or we...
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(above) Last December the 52ft Burnett Euphrosyne Kendal on temporary duty at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, rendezvoused in the Solent with Air Commodore Brian Macnamuru's yacht, Tamare, to pick up festive fare and deliver it to the Needles... - View image in PDF
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