LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Valhalla and a Yacht
Yacht towed in THE HIGH WINDS OF Sunday August 11, 1985, which brought about a bronze medal service at St Peter Port, Guernsey and vellum services at Weymouth and Ramsgate (already reported in earlier issues), and which involved 39 stations...
A Jaguar Class Yacht (1)
On the beach During the night of 18/19 March 1988 a 25ft Jaguar class yacht, on passage from Ramsgate to Gillingham ran aground in strong winds, fog and driving rain at Jury's Gap, Camber.
Rye's C class inflatable...
A Sailing Yacht
Margate, Kent.—17th April, 1938. A sailing yacht had got into difficulties off Hampton, but her crew of two were rescued by boatmen from Herne Bay.
—Rewards, £16 3s..
A Yacht (3)
Plymouth, Devon.—4th October. A yacht got into difficulties and ran on a sandy beach, but the two people on board managed to get ashore. Later one of them, a lady doctor, gave a present of money to the crew, and a donation to the...
A Yacht (1)
TWO OVERBOARD At 4.34 p.m. on 24th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been fired at a position about 200 yards west of a wreck in Whitesand bay. There was a gale force southerly wind with a...
A Yacht (2)
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. Fears had been entertained for the safety of a small yacht, but she made land without aid. - Rewards, £14 3s. 6d.
(See Portaferry, “ Services by Shore-boats”, page...
The American Yacht China Bird
At 1.18 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a yacht was reported aground on the Sunk sands near the Great Sunk beacon. There was a fresh easterly breeze with a rough sea.
It was two hours after high water. The lifeboat Edian...
A Sailing Yacht
Margate, Kent.—At 5.26 on the after- noon of the 15th of July, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the West- gate Safety Boatman had reported a small sailing yacht capsized about half a mile off shore at Birchington. A man was swimming in...
A Motor Yacht Antaurus
Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.54 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht Antaurus, which was without lights and had an unreliable engine, was overdue at Rams- gate. She had last...
S.S. Yacht Vixen
PORTHDINLLAEN.—At 11.30A.M. on the 20th January, the George Moore Life-boat was launched, and proceeded to the assistance of the s.s. yacht Vixen, of Beaumaris, which was found to be abandoned.
With much difficulty, owing...