As cruising yachtsmen most of us will go through life without needing a lifeboat.
Growing experience, natural caution and a healthy respect for the sea backed up with good safety equipment should see us through. But the...
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During a two-day visit in April to Atlantic College. Si Donat's. HRH Prince Charles, now president of the International Council of United World Colleges, went out in the station's Atlantic 21 ILB. • was shown the controls before... - View image in PDF
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The women launchers at Boulmer, Northumberland. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor? How about Butcher, Baker and Candlestick Maker? Or, in the case of the RNLI, shore helper, medic, lifeboat crew and press officer? Mention any of these jobs and...
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What home is complete without a seascape on the wall?
The sea provides a backdrop to all our lives – even in our homes, for we seem to have an indefatigable appetite for seascapes. Romance, beauty, danger and power are all...
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Pierre Loti, one of France's latest 'all seasons' lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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THE Board of Trade has recently published the Wreck Register of the United Kingdom for the past year. As usual, it is a most interesting document, convey- ing much useful information on a subject of national importance.
On...
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The Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N. (sixth from the left), pictured during a visit in November, 1969, to Bangor, Co. Down, to inspect the IRB station. With hi mare local officials and (extreme left) the District... - View image in PDF
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Is accordance with our custom for some years past, we present some facts connected with the Wreck Register and Chart, prepared annually by the Board of Trade for presentation to Parliament.
It is, as usual, a...
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When HM The Queen visited The Marine Society on December 5, 1979, to open its new offices, the RNLI was represented by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, (c.) and John Atterton, deputy director, RNLI (I.)... - View image in PDF
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