LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RECENTLY I VISITED the USA in my capacity as secretary of the American/ British Lifeboat Appeal Committee.

I was able to make my journey at no cost to the appeal through the generosity of Transworld Airlines and was...

• The 1981 edition of Reed's Nautical Almanac (Thomas Reed Publications, £7.95) marks the golden jubilee of this popular publication. There cannot be many lifeboats which do not have a copy of Reed's on the chart table and the...

When it's 3.00am in the morning, blowing a gale and the crew are WM paged for a shout, they must launch. From the moment they go to F sea, everything possible has been'done to give them the best ecjuiprnent, the best training and the...

All over the country, often far from the sea, members of a special RNLI team are saving young lives.

They are not launching lifeboats or plunging into rough water - but they need to be brave enough to stand up in front of a...

Part of a lifeguard’s role is to prevent accidents before they happen by giving safety advice – usually on the beach, but sometimes in the heart of the city …

'Help, help,’ shouts an 11-year-old girl to her friend....

Imagine you’re out at sea, having fallen from a boat somewhere off the coast of the UK or Republic of Ireland. You’re treading cold, rough water.

And then you hear engines, and you see a splash...

BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT PLYMOUTH JANUARY 13TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON. At eight minutes past three in the morning a message came from the King’s Harbour Master that distress flares had been seen in Jennycliffe Bay, and at 3.38 the motor lifeboat...

The TV presenter and author talks Cornwall, creativity and crabbing

What inspired someone who’s spent a lot of their life around London to write about a tiny Cornish fishing village? I’ve loved Cornwall, especially Looe,...