LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Support Out-Standing
Thank you to everyone who organised and supported SOS events around the UK and RoI on 30 January. SOS day is the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day, and this year’s event was well supported in schools, companies and clubs, and RNLI fundraising...
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Dear Reader
How confident are you in the water? Perhaps you are practically a fish, slipping into the surf with ease – or do you prefer to cling to the support of terra firma?
If you’re not an experienced sea user, our feature on page...
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News and Views
N E W S P O I NT Charting our course for the future Vision and Values for the RNLI can almost hear your groans as I mention two business buzzwords currently in fashion. Notwithstanding this healthy cynicism - I need your...
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The Weather In 1896 from a Life-Boat Point of View
THE past year up to within the last ten days of September was a singularly uneventful one as regards Life-boat work; in fact, on the 22nd September the number of lives rescued by the Life-boats only totalled 65, and had the weather continued...
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Contents
Meet Monte, rescued by Henry Blogg Page 12 The Annual Presentation of Awards 1956 Page 15 Portsmouth crew venture into icy waters Page 26 News Including learning to be SAFE, a station closes, and a supporter competition Feature: Cromer's...
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Going Alongside and Survivor Recovery
WHEN A LIFEBOAT reaches a vessel in distress in gale or storm force winds she has come to the heart of her problem; how best the people on board may be brought safely to shore. Can she go alongside and take off the survivors. Or is there a...
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Lifeboat Services June and July 1984
Services for August 1984 will be reported in the spring 1985 journal Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: July 29 D class inflatable: June 18 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: July 13, 28 and 29 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic21: June 23 (twice), July...
Category: Services
Stretched to breaking point
In near gale force winds, a large crabbing boat lost engine power and was drifting close to an offshore gas rig. Unable to anchor, due to underwater pipelines, she needed a tow to safety
Just...
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Stepping out
Going for a run is the perfect way to give your health a boost this Autumn. It's the ultimate free stress-buster and fat-shifter, and it's easy to get started
The joys of jogging...
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Vision of the future?
Predicting future technology is rarely an exact science. But we couldn't resist a peek into the world of 2074 – and what a lifeboat of the future might look like …
‘How, sir, would you make...
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