Mr. C. B. Stoddart, who died last December, had for sixteen years been Honorary Secretary of the Cardiff and Penarth Branch. He was a well-known and very popular figure in Cardiff, being the represei tive there of the Bowring Shipping...
Category: Obituaries
Cloughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle, Co. Down, and Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—On the 19th November, 1937, the disabled schooner Invermore, of Dublin, was picked up by the Cloughey and Donaghadee life-boats....
Wick, Caithness-shire.— Shortly before midday on the 20th March, 1939, the life-boat coxswain reported that several small fishing boats beating in towards the bay were in danger. The weather was squally, with hail showers,and a very strong N...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 20th of March, 1954, a local doctor asked if the life- boat would take a very sick man to Lochboisdale, where arrangements had been made to fly him to Glasgow. At 10.51 the...
Cromarty.—About 4.50 in the after- noon of the 24th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported information re- ceived that a small vessel appeared to have broken down a quarter of a mile south of South Sutor, and the motor life-boat James Macfee...
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.— At 11.33 in the morning of the 17th of September, 1948, the coastguard tele- phoned that a small motor boat with two men on board was drifting out to sea, and the motor life-boat J and W was launched at...
THIS is the story of a cruise among the islands of the West Coast of Sweden in August, 1950, by the ex Royal National life-boat Henry Frederick Swan, and her crew of Sea Scouts.
Henry Frederick Sivan, which is a 40 foot...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter by the Editor 394 New Year Message from the Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Letters 400 Prince of Life-boats—a Diary by J. P. Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters'...
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Category: Advertisement
• There is a range of Avon yachting clothing available (see below). While extremely functional the garments are still smart, are supple for greater comfort and they can be dry cleaned. Lightweight and medium weight garments are available and...
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