LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TAKE THE FERRY from Scrabster Harbour to Stromness. Cross the Pentland Firth from the north coast of Caithness to Mainland, Orkney, and already there is a growing feeling of vast distance, of wide horizons. A majestic, ponderous swell rolls...

Capsized dinghy TWO MEN visiting Tenby by yacht on Sunday September 28, 1980, were returning by dinghy from shore to their yacht in the late evening when their dinghy capsized. One man managed to cling to a rock but the other, who could not...

Injured seaman rescued Eastbourne lifeboat was alerted on 3 March 2000 when a boat worker, aboard a cargo vessel bound for Equador, was forced to head inland for emergency surgery in a bid to save his fingers.

The Polish...

Pull out RNLI AGM and APA An invitation to all supporters It has been another busy year for the RNLI. Supporters can re? ect on the events of 2007 at the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Presentation of Awards (APA) at the...

The RNLI’s new Chief Executive Paul Boissier has been in post since September 2009. He tells the Lifeboat: ‘This job is all about stewardship.

In time I’ll need to hand over the charity in as good a shape as it is today....

Every four years the lifeboat nations of the world gather at a different venue to share and exchange information and technical expertise.

The 16th Conference was held in early June 1991 at Oslo.

Edward...

(From Country Life.) THERE was a sound of men's voices singing, calls and cries, laughter and the ringing of a bell; everyone went to the windows. Through the new green leaves one could see in the road a little group of men and girls...

Fowey, Cornwall. At 10.15 on the night of the 20th of July, 1958, the Polruan coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a yacht had enginetrouble near the entrance to Fowey harbour. Seven minutes later the life- boat Deneys Reitz put...