Struck wreck WARDEN POINT COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of Sheerness lifeboat station at 2046 on Saturday December 30, 1978, that a red flare had been sighted in Gillingham Reach. Maroons were fired at 2049 and at 2106...
In Trifle, a 40' trimaran built at Wadesbridge in 1966, General Farrant found a cruising boat which would plane like a dinghy. In her he held the record for the offshore Crystal Trophy race from 1968-1975—and completed a Round the Island... - View image in PDF
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For her righting trials she was hauled over by crane (left and bottom left), the strops being tripped (below right) when she was fully inverted. Within seconds (bottom, page 49 j she had righted and cleared the water from her... - View image in PDF
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Protective clothing for crews of conventional lifeboats is presently supplied by Functional Clothing Co. Ltd. Small modifications to the normal design, including the addition of a hood, are made specially for the lifeboat service.. - View image in PDF
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Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1949, the chairman of the Youghal life- boat station telephoned that he was anxious for the safety of his son and another man who had left Youghal for Cork in...
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TENBY.—During a strong gale from the S.E. and a heavy sea on the morning of the 1st January, 1888, signals of distress were shown by the ketch Louisa, of Cardiff, bound for Tenby with a cargo of coal, which was lying at anchor in Caldy Koads...
Although visitors are always welcome at its Poole headquarters and depot, the RNLI makes a special effort every two years, throwing the whole site open to visitors for two days and putting on displays and demonstrations to illustrate its...
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I'm Stormy Stan,} Lifeboatman Extraordinary from Storm force, the RNLI's club for the under 16s - Eric the seagull and I are always to be seen in the club's exclusive magazine, Storm force News.
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