LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Well dressing - a Derbyshire tradition dating back to 7350 - is a thanksgiving for the purity for the water in the village wells. The Sir William Hillary display, left, was designed by Ruth Markwell for the West Hallam branch and the... - View image in PDF

Over the top Daredevil gran, Barbara Page, threw caution to the wind in August by abseiling 325ft down Blackpool's fastest rollercoaster and raising over £1,000 for the lifeboats in the process.

Barbara, a member... - View image in PDF

Kennet Valley sailing club ran a ten hour marathon sailing relay in aid of the RNLI and a local hospice last summer. Friends and relatives of the crews were persuaded to sponsor them for the number of laps of the 'gravel pit' they... - View image in PDF

Enter the autumn 2005 Lifeboat Lottery for a chance to win the star prize: a Proton GEN-2 1.6 CSX car, kindly provided by Proton Cars UK Ltd. You could also win one of eight cash prizes ranging from £100 to... - View image in PDF

Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...

On the night of 2ist. December, 1945, the Walton and Frinton life-boat rescued eleven men from two naval motor fishing vessels which had stranded on the Gunfleet Sands in a very heavy sea. The life-boat's rudder was damaged and Coxswain...

A father and son team were racing their yacht to the Fastnet Rock in the early hours of 17 June when they were hit by a large wave.

Thrown into the water, the harnesses they were wearing allowed them to clamber back...

Almost 2,000 vessels registered to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight in this year’s Round the Island Race on 25 June. Force 6–7 winds and swells of up to 3m meant a busy day for five lifeboat crews, with 23 incidents in all. Cowes’s B class...