CLYDE CLASS 70-003 LOA 71' : Beam 18' : Displacement 87 tonsLATEST OF the Clyde class lifeboats, 70-003, was named City of Bristol by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs A. G.
Peglar, at Narrow Quay, Bristol, on...
Category: Inaugurations
THE great necessity of constantly using the lead or sounding has been recognised from the earliest period in the history of navigation.
In the present day, when so many thousand vessels are engaged in carrying on the...
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Against the flow – the first woman to sail solo the ‘wrong way’ around the world
by Dee Caffari
Review by Tim Robertson
The comparisons are inevitable I suppose – two women competing solo in a...
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On 14 May 2007, yachtsman and powerboater Geoff Holt was leaving the Hamble river in Hampshire in his aptly named trimaran Freethinker. After months of planning, he had begun the public phase of climbing his ‘personal Everest’ – being the...
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THE need has been long felt of a shipwreck night-signal of distress, which could be seen from a far distance; be as different as possible from ordinary lights, so as not to be mistaken for one; be inexpensive, and above all be portable and...
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Last March Hayling Island station branched raised £1,008 with a ball Sinah Warren in aid of the Mountbatten of Burma appeal which was well supported by Islanders, by members of local sailing clubs and by members of neighbouring...
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Four rescued as canoes capsizeArran's inshore lifeboat C521 Prince of Arran rescued four people and recovered two canoes on 2 February following a call for assistance from Clyde Coastguard.
At 1145, the coastguard...
SEVEN new life-boats were named dur- ing 1953. Four of these boats are stationed on the English coast, at Bridlington, Ilfracombe, Flamborough and Peel; two are in Scotland, at Campbeltown and St. Abbs; and one is in Wales, at Pwllheli. An...
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ERNIE WISE, one of the RNLI's most loyal friends, visited Poole on Friday April 27 to draw the fifth RNLI national lottery in the presence of Mrs Georgina Keen, a member of the Fund Raising Committee and Cdr Ted Pritchard, appeals...
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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...
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