LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In a candid letter, sailor and RNLI supporter John Sinclair explains why he had to be rescued twice in the early hours of 22 March

'I anchored my 6m yacht Blue Dragon in Moelfre Bay...

Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—On the 26th October, 1939, a whole N.E. by N.

gale was blowing, with a very rough sea in Eyemouth Bay. Four local fishing boats were waiting to enter the port.

The motor life-boat...

PRINCE OF WALES' DAY throughout Greater London was held on 8th May, and the chief feature of the day, and a great factor in the success of the appeal, was the personal visits which the Prince of Wales paid to depots in the East and South...

IN this article it is proposed to explain the nature and action of stability as con- cisely as the subject permits, without introducing technical terms, beyond those essential to definition, or attempting to go beyond the purely mechanical,...

On 4 August 2010, Sue went to dinner at a house rented by some visitors. She says: ‘As I walked back home about 1am along a narrow track, I turned my ankle and heard the bone snap. I had to inch my way up the steep hill back to the house,...

Disabled A FISHING VESSEL, Gardelwen, suffering engine and steering failure was reported to the honorary secretary of Barmouth lifeboat station at 0330 on Sunday October 31, 1982. She was 17'/2 miles bearing 265°M from Barmouth and...

THE life of Sir Henry Oliver, most appropriately called A Great Seaman and written by Sir William James (H. F. and G. Witherby, 18,9.), is a fascinating book, full of anecdotes of an adventurous career, mostly taken from his own notes and...

and presentation of awards FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, MAY 21A BRIGHT, sunny morning; friends from all parts of Britain and Ireland gathering on the South Bank of the Thames ready for the annual general meeting and presentation of awards in this...