LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Filey, Yorkshire.—The pulling and sailing life-boat Hollon the Third was launched at 7.55 A.M. on the 26th March, as two fishing cobles were at sea in a dangerous position and the weather had got bad. A moderate north breeze was blowing,...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.29 a.m. on 29th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the West Barrow sands. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 11.45 in a gentlewesterly breeze...

Whitby, Yorkshire - At 9.10 a.m. on i8th March, 1966, with the weather deteriorating and the local fishing fleet at sea, the life-boat Mary Ann Hepwonh was launched at 9.30 in a north westerly gale, rough sea and flooding tide. She escorted...

THE sea fisheries of this country cannot but be a subject of interest to every one, •whether living on the sea-coast or inland, but more particularly must they be so to the friends of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, because of the...

On the 31st December, at 3 P.M., the Life-boat Christopher Brown was launched during a S.W. gale, and proceeded to the smack Crane, of Beau- inariSj which vessel was at anchor in a dangerous position with a signal of dis- tress flying. The...

Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 25th of October, 1949, while two local fishing cobles were out fishing, the south-easterly wind increased almost to a gale. The life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 11.10 in a heavy swell and finding...

Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 9.20 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, the local doctor reported that a sick man on Rhu, Castlebay, required hospital treatment.The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 9.45 in a moderate to fresh south...

Electronic aids to navigation and sailing The chart tpaa In "Winsome", a Nicholson "43" finished by the Berthan Boat Co. Ltd., Lymington.

The navigational instruments, from left to right, are as follows:...