OLD LIFE-BOAT WEATHERED STORM Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 2.45 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a two masted yacht was seen off the Wall End buoy, apparently receiving a heavy battering from the seas. There was a west-by-south wind of near...
Surrounded by fellow members, Tom Pearson, Commodore o/Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club, hands a cheque to Colin Nibbs, chairman of Leamington Spa branch, on his left. Miss Julia Johnstone, branch honorary secretary, holds a specially inscribed... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 11TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A yacht had been reported capsized, several miles north-east of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found.
It seemed probable that this was the boat which capsized...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 7.29 p.m. on 5th September, 1965, the acting honorary secretary was told by the police that a yacht had capsized in the Conway estuary. At 7.40 the IRB launched in a moderate to fresh north-westerly breeze and...
YACHT AGROUND At 1.40 p.m. on 2ist May, 1966, a yacht was reported in difficulties one mile east of Llanbedrog Point and about three miles south west of the station. The IRB was launched at 1.45 in a strong south westerly wind and a rough...
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.30 A.M. on the 4th August, 1938, information was received from a resident of Three Beaches that a small yacht, anchored off Goodrington Beach, appeared to be in difficulties and in a dangerous position. There was a...
ESCORT FOR YACHT AND TOWING VESSEL Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 11.36 on the morning of Saturday the 10th of August, 1963, the Lowestoft coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received via Gorleston coastguard that the...
Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
AUGUST 27TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
The coastguard had asked for the life-boat to escort a yacht, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £16..
Ramsgate, Kent. At 5.56 on the evening of the of 20th September, 1960, the watchman the on east pier told the coxswain that a small vessel had been burning flares near the no. 3 buoy.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...