LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailboard
Eastbourne's D class inflatable lifeboat is pictured helping a windsurfer ashore on Sunday, September 13. He was one of several who got into difficulties during a weekend of bad weather along the south coast..
Medallists:
Medallists: (I to r) Helmsmen Keith Horrocks and Philip Denham, Blackpool; Coxswain Robin Castle, Sheerness; Coxswain Derek Sargent, Weymouth; Acting Coxswain Roy Couzens, Acting Assistant Mechanic/Emergency Coxswain Michael Abbott. Crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
December 20, 1980: Yarmouth hie of Wight lifeboat, the 52ft Arun Joy and John Wade, on the traditional run to the Needles Lighthouse with Christmas fare. The photograph was taken bv Mr M. R. Cooke.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some of the Lifeboats of the Rnli Fleet
The photographs on these two pages are taken from those used in A Source Book of Lifeboats written by Ray Kipling, public relations officer, and recently published by Ward Lock; the book is reviewed on page 56..
Category: Articles
Clive Dunn
Clive Dunn, a long time supporter of the RNLI, visited Poole Headquarters while appearing in Bournemouth to draw the sixteenth national lottery. Clive was accompanied by three other members of the pantomime cast; (I to r) Victoria Blake, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New York Harbor Festival July 5: the Rnli Team of Lifeboatmen from the North East Seen Here With An Australian Team After the First Heat Went on to Win the Trophy the Course Was Over One Mil
New York Harbor Festival, July 5: the RNLI team of lifeboatmen from the north east, seen here with an Australian team after the first heat, went on to win the trophy. The course was over one mile in 28ft wooden pulling boats.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lifeboatmen of Blyth: (Lower Group I to R): Motor Mechanic John Scott Second Coxswain Charles Hatcher John Foster Stan Marshall David Coussins Keith Barnard and Barry Pearson (U
The lifeboatmen of Blyth: (lower group, I. to r.): Motor Mechanic John Scott, Second Coxswain Charles Hatcher, John Foster, Stan Marshall, David Coussins, Keith Barnard and Barry Pearson, (upper group, I. to r.): Assistant Mechanic Dallas... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Anne M Jacobs
Mrs Anne M. Jacobs of Gourock branch. Mrs Jacobs became branch vice-president in 1942 and was made president in 1951. She was awarded a gold badge in 1964 and was made an honorary life governor in 1977..
Category: Obituaries
An Effective But Less Elegant Self-Righting Method
An effective but less elegant self-righting method. Inflating an air-bag, seen here on a 52ft Barnett, moves the centre of buoyancy to right the boat, but its bulk is less than convenient if left inflated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Top right: 'Storm Force' is the Institution's club for the under-16s, and members are encouraged to take an active interest in the lifeboat service.
Top right: 'Storm Force' is the Institution's club for the under-16s, and members are encouraged to take an active interest in the lifeboat service. Here, Storm Force member Kay Metcalfe meets the 1990 medallists, her prize as a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs