LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Estonian Yacht Tuuneki (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim; Donaghadee, Co.
Down.— 25th October, 1937. The Estonian yacht Tuuneki, manned by an Estonian and his wife, who were makinga honeymoon tour to various countries, had got into difficulties off Torr Head...
A Catamaran and a Yacht
TWO VESSELS AIDED Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 4.42 p.m.
on nth July, 1965, the coxswain was told that a yacht was aground on Buxey Sands. There was a strong south-westerly breeze and a rough sea. It was almost low water. The...
Orion and Motor Yacht Binge
FOUR RESCUED BY BREECHES BUOY Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 1.50 inthe afternoon of the 2nd of November, 1947, the Needles Naval Signal Station reported a motor launch, with the yacht Orion in tow, in need of help, and the motor life-boat...
A 23' Westerly Pageant Yacht
Electric storm INFORMATION THAT MOTOR YACHT Zaire was standing by a yacht in distress three miles south west of Anvil Point came from HM Coastguard to Swanage lifeboat station deputy launching authority at 1915 on Friday, September 24,...
The Bermuda-Rig Yacht Larry
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1953,the Pendeen lighthouse-keeper rang up the life-boat coxswain to say that he had seen a yacht in distress off the Three Stone Oars Rocks, and at 5.30 the life-boat...
The International 505 Yacht Rogue
TWO LANDED FROM CAPSIZED RACING YACHT Wicklow, Co. Wicklow. At 2.50 on the afternoon of Saturday the 24th of August, 1963, the coxswain received a telephone message from a member of the public who had seen a red flare being burnt on board a...
A Yacht and a Dinghy
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 8.45 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1957, the honorary secretary learnt that a sailing boat had capsized off the mouth of the river Axe and was drifting out to sea. The life-boat Fiji and Charles was...
The French Racing Yacht Corum
Torbay lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant returns to Torquay Harbour with the French racing yacht Corum and her 12-man crew in tow. The 45ft sloop had been in danger of foundering on the rocks off Hopes Nose after her rudder snapped in a...
The Sail Yacht Medina Maid
A survivor's story Lifeboats in action is usually our opportunity to describe in thrilling detail how brave lifeboat crews save lives at sea - but what's it like to be rescued? Michael O'Connetl reports on his experience and...
The Bermuda Rigged Yacht Keg
When on 20th June the Bermuda rigged yacht Keg with one man aboard ran aground about half a mile south west of the NE Victory wreck on the Goodwin Sands, the Walmer, Kent, lifeboat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32}—she is a42-foot beach...