FRENCH YACHT'S DIFFICULTY At 4.40 p.m. on the same day the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was dismasted about i\ miles west of the Needles. There was a rough sea with a near gale from the southwest; the weather was...
SAILS WERE TORN Exmouth, South Devon. At 1.30 p.m.
on 4th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was dragging her anchor in rough seas and near gale force north-easterly winds close to...
INJURED MAN ON ISLAND Poole, Dorset. At 3.16 a.m. on 29th January, 1965 the police informed the honorary secretary that the Warden of Brownsea Island had informed them that a man with head injuries and practically unconscious had landed on...
Galway Bay. At 10 p.m. on 3rd April, 1965, a nurse on Inishere Island informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was required for a maternity case.
As all the local boats were aground because it was low water it was...
STRUCK REEF St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4 a.m.
on 28th May, 1965, Niton radio reported that the motor vessel La Salle of Monrovia had struck a reef about two miles north of Lihou Island. The life-boat Lloyd's, on...
CREW SEASICK At 12.42 p.m. on 26th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that the coaster S.S.
Crichtown was towing a small motor cruiser north of Whitby Buoy. At i.io a further message was received requesting the life-boat...
COMPLETE BREAKDOWN At 5 p.m. on 2ist July, 1965, the Deal coastguard reported that the yacht Kon Tiki II of Ostend had broken down two and a half miles east-north-east of the North Goodwin lightvessel and at 5.10 the life-boat Michael and...
Amble, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on ist November, 1965, the coastguard warned the honorary secretary that two fishing cobles, which were overdue, might be in need of assistance.
It was decided at 10.15 to send the...
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9 a.m. on loth January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local trawler Barton Queen was aground on Newcombe Sand two hundred yards off the harbour entrance. The life-boat Frederick Edward...
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.50 a.m. on I5th February, 1966, the honorary secretary received an urgent call from the doctor at Bunbeg asking for the assistance of the life-boat W. M. Tihon. A young girl on Tory Island had acute appendicitis...