LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Westward
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.24 on the after- noon of the 29th of September, 1957, the east pier watchman reported that a yacht was aground on Brake Sands and was signalling for help. At 1.35 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a slight...
Moshulu
St. Mary's Isles of Scilly - At 6.40 p.m. on 3ist July, 1966, it was reported that a yacht near Bishop rock had a split sail. At 6.58 the life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched. The sea was rough and it was one hour after high water...
Quicksilver
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 8.10 a.m. on 29th October, 1966, a yacht was in difficulties, its engine broken down, in a strong flood tide and little wind in Bardsley Sound. At 8.25 the life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched. The...
Tuatanga
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.53 p.m. on 15th July, 1967, a message was received that a motor yacht had broken down and was drifting towards Broadstairs. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 8 o'clock in a gentle south...
Five helped on Loch Ness
27 December: Loch Ness Three adults and two children were drifting at the north end of the choppy loch after their yacht suffered engine failure. The London family were on the first stage of their journey from Oban, heading for the canals of...
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Spreety
Lifeboat and ILB AT 0813 ON WEDNESDAY August 17, 1977, HM Coastguard Aldeburgh requested the launch of Aldeburgh lifeboat to a yacht firing red flares about half a mile east of the lookout. Because of the difficulties of launching at low...
An Anthology on Courage
MR. EDMUND WARDE, of The Red House, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, has compiled a pocket anthology of nearly 150 sayings about courage, from Job's "I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer," to Rudyard Kipling's...
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Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
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