AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd November, a wireless message was received at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from the Sunk Lightship, reporting that the Lightship could see flares four to five miles to the north-west. A whole gale was blowing from...
Tender capsizes EIGHT PEOPLE set out in a yacht tender from Donaghadee in the early evening of Monday July 13, 1981, to return to a motor cruiser anchored just outside the harbour. As the tender, which had very little freeboard, left the...
ACTING Coxswain Eric Grandin of St. Helier, Jersey, has been accorded the Institution's thanks inscribed on vellum for the rescue of four people from the French yacht Kraken which went aground on 26th March, 1967. The St. Helier honorary...
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The Y-boat was in action again on 29 July when the Belgian yachtBassurelle was driven ashore south of Irvine Harbour and fired flares which were spotted by the coastguard.
The yacht was fairly close to the station, and in...
Caister, Norfolk.—8th September. A yacht had run on Scroby Sands, but she bumped over the Sands and refloated.— Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—21st May.
A small yacht had been seen apparently in difficulties, but she entered Chichester Harbour without help.—• Rewards, £4 13s..
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—27th November, 1937. A small yacht was missing, but could not be found. She had stranded, but'had refloated and reached port next morning.—Rewards, £11 14*..
Dungeness, Kent.—23rd July, 1939.
A small yacht had capsized, but her crew of two were rescued by a motor boat from Rye Harbour.—Rewards, £11 3s. 6d..
18th August.
A small yacht went ashore on Portland breakwater, but her crew scrambled to safety.—Rewards, £4 7s. Qd..
1st November. A small yacht had been seen flying a distress signal, but she was picked up by a ketch.—Rewards, £8 10*..