LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

had already arrived, so joined their colleagues for a 'hard sell'. The excitement grew. We put up a notice telling the public of our aim. We wrote boldly the number now needed, periodically crossing it out and substituting the new...

from page 86 in the boat, that is the main thing. To get them back out of the water is the problem. If you keep them in the boat you will not have to pick men out of the water in seas that are still liable to capsize you. The crew should be...

trolley as the only mechanical means of conveying anything to the Point from Kilnsey was especially interesting because it was on this vehicle that I had to transport my boxes of books. Memory tells me that there was never any wind available...

Debbie Stewart, now in the Aberystwyth ILB crew, originally trained at Atlantic College where there are six girls on the crew. Jeanne O'Gorman is an instructor at the Outward Bound School at Aberdovey where the village and school each...

The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall July 11 and August 30.

Llandudno, Gwynedd June 10, 16, July 2, 23, August 3, 4 and 16.

Longhope, Orkney August 13 (twice) and 14.

Lowestoft, Suffolk June 13,... - View image in PDF

the west, the sea was slight and visibility was excellent but the tide, which had been flooding for 3'/2 hours, was still rising.

The water had already risen above the girls' chests and was lapping around their...

a wooden half-lifeboat plaque made from the wreckage of the Peterhead lifeboat Alexander Tulloch which was wrecked in 1914 (THE LIFEBOAT, Summer, 1973), is a well-known maker of matchstick models. For example, using 1,500 used matchsticks,...

of getting a survivor directly out of the water. How many men does it take to get one man out of the water? Jones: We picked up two men a month ago, and one of them was completely unconscious. We put the scrambling net down; two men went...