LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Developing and supplying specialist equipment for over 4000 crew members is a very expensive exercise. The protective lifejacket pictured above for example costs £180, This is where you and a pair of scissors can help.

THE Institution recently advertised for sale the motor life-boat at Maryport which has now been replaced by a new motor life-boat. One prospective pur- chaser rang up to say that he would like the boat but had not the money to pay for her....

Three inflated claims fora Beaufort boat It won't sink Famous last words, we know, but then our design's a bit different from an ordinary boat. For a start there are separate buoyancy chambers.

Even if the...

A SEA captain's love for his dog was the cause of an interesting incident in connection with the rescue of a shipwrecked crew by the Clacton Life-boat on 23rd February last.

The schooner Renner stranded on the Buxey...

Building into the MillenniumRNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings continues his tour around the coast with a visit to IrelandOkay, so we all make mistakes - there are 38 stations around the coast of Ireland, not 37 as stated at the end of...

In the office, and an opportunity for some forward planning with Philip Crafer (r.), honorary secretary, North West Bournemouth branch, and ADOS Gifford Hosting …. - View image in PDF

The evolution of the humble swimsuit tells an interesting story of wider social conventions …

Daft costumes are the order of the day when it comes to a festive fundraising dip for charity but,...

THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL LIFEBOAT CONFERENCE, on which a report appears on page 148, was as always an extremely harmonious and friendly affair. Indeed it would be difficult to find a gathering of pleasanter people anywhere in the world. To...