LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Yacht (1)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—21st May.
A small yacht had been seen apparently in difficulties, but she entered Chichester Harbour without help.—• Rewards, £4 13s..
A Small Yacht
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—27th November, 1937. A small yacht was missing, but could not be found. She had stranded, but'had refloated and reached port next morning.—Rewards, £11 14*..
A Yacht (1)
Dungeness, Kent.—23rd July, 1939.
A small yacht had capsized, but her crew of two were rescued by a motor boat from Rye Harbour.—Rewards, £11 3s. 6d..
A Small Yacht (2)
18th August.
A small yacht went ashore on Portland breakwater, but her crew scrambled to safety.—Rewards, £4 7s. Qd..
A Small Yacht
1st November. A small yacht had been seen flying a distress signal, but she was picked up by a ketch.—Rewards, £8 10*..
A Yacht (1)
JULY 22ND. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A yacht had been reported in difficulties, but got safely to land without help. - Rewards, £9 9s.
Gay William
YACHT WAS SINKING At 4 a.m. on i8th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Bognor and at 4.10 the life-boat Canadian Pacific put to sea. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-west, the...
A Yacht (5)
Largs, Ayrshire. At 9 a.m. on 25th September, 1964, a member of the public told the honorary secretary that he had seen people waving from a yacht in Cairney's Quay. At 9.15 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh southwesterly...
The American Yacht China Bird
At 1.18 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a yacht was reported aground on the Sunk sands near the Great Sunk beacon. There was a fresh easterly breeze with a rough sea.
It was two hours after high water. The lifeboat Edian...
A Small Yacht
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.30 A.M. on the 4th August, 1938, information was received from a resident of Three Beaches that a small yacht, anchored off Goodrington Beach, appeared to be in difficulties and in a dangerous position. There was a...