LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 21st of October, 1949, news was received from Bor- deaux, three miles north of St. Peter Port, that a yacht, with a cabin cruiser in tow, was in difficulties, being carried astern by...

(Right) Looking aft, showing neoprene pipe from scoop to manifold, and pipes from manifold forward to ballast and trim tanks. Bevel gearbox for operation of manifold valve supported in position over bracket between longitudinals.. - View image in PDF

'A one-eyed, cantankerous and troublesome fellow'1: thus, leaning back in his chair, pipe in hand and smiling happily, does John Chapman describe himself.

But the smile belies the words, for it is the smile of a man...

Line dancers from Quin in the Republic of Ireland, donned lifeboat clobber and strutted their stuff in July to raise cash for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF

YACHT TOWED FROM DANGEROUS POSITION Selsey, Sussex. At 9.40 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Selsey coastguard told the honorary secretary he was not happy about a small yacht in the vicinity of Middle Ground buoy. Later the...

THIS question was briefly touched on in the article in this Journal on " The Changes in the Institution's Life-boat Fleet since 1897," published in February last. Not very many years ago it was brought as a charge against the...

Thursday, April 14th, 1932.

Sir GODFKEY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported the death of Sir William Priestley, President of the Bradford Branch, and a Vice- President of the Institution since 1926, and...

Sponsored walks are common enough these days but the 15th Long Eaton Venture Scout unit, in Nottinghamshire, decided to bring some water into the proceedings—by holding a sponsored row on 5th July, 1969. The proceeds were divided between the...