LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
HIGH AND DRY Margate, Kent. At 11.22 a.m. on l6th August, 1964, Mid Barrow lightvessel reported that a yacht was ashore at North Shingles sands. It was low water with a moderate sea and a light southeasterly breeze. A helicopter which had...
A Yacht
Crew of two survive yacht fire and explosionTwo people and their dog had a very lucky escape last October when a fire and explosion ripped through their 27ft yacht.
Whitstable's Atlantic 21 was searching within 100...
A Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.37 on the afternoon of the 21st of June, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht had capsized and that a man was in the sea off Holland Haven.
At 3.45 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring...
Yacht Marieke
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a Dutch barge, which had an- chored off the east pier, had engine trouble and needed help to enter the harbour. At 5.31 the...
Yacht Coo
— At 8.35 A.M. on the 12th March a telegram was received from Milford - on - Sea, stating that a small vessel was labour- ing heavily in a dismasted condition, and displaying signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat Robert Fleming were...
A Yacht
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
A Yacht
Poole and Bournemouth, and Swanage, Dorset.—3rd July, 1937. A yacht had stranded, but her crew reached safety with help from the shore.—Rewards, Poole and Bournemouth, £19 13s. ; Swanage, £11 4s..
A Yacht
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a fourteen-feet yacht, with a man and his wife on board, had capsized off Traeth Bychan. At 4.25 the life-boat Watkin Williams was...
A Yacht
Buzz off! In an unusual rescue in south Wales on 23 July 2004, Burry Port lifeboat assisted a man whose yacht had been invaded by a swarm of bees. The man took refuge in the cabin and radioed for help and the Burry Port D class lifeboat came...
Broaching yacht
RED BAY AND LARNE | 25 AUGUST
A 10m yacht was broaching in heavy seas off Torr Head on the north Antrim coast, and was in danger of being dismasted.
Her crew of four needed...
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