LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The image of the RNLI affects almost every aspect of its operation. Without a high profile in the public eye the task of the fundraisers is made more difficult.

Concepts form at an early age, and the way youngsters perceive...

THE oldest existing life-boat station in England lies half-hidden behind a scrap metal yard on the Sunderland docks. The road to the life-boathouse twists and bends between low-lying warehouses and shipyard buildings towards the river Wear,...

Charting progress I recently finished reading the Spring 1994 issue of THE LIFEBOAT and am, as always, utterly amazed at the achievements of the Institution over the years.

The accounts of the lifeboat services in...

Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...

more than its members generally realise, upon seamen and the ships they manned. Take away the common sailor and the craft in which, down the centuries, he has carried goods through tempest and fog, past innumerable natural and man-made...

Rope round propeller LATE IN THE AFTERNOON of Friday November 30,1984, the honorary secretary of Fishguard lifeboat station was contacted by Milford Haven coastguard to be told that a 33ft fishing vessel, Oneida, had a rope round her...

Will you choose an adventure story to enjoy by the pool, or a handy guide to prepare for a sailing trip?

World Cruising Destinations:
An Inspirational Guide to All Sailing Destinations by Jimmy and Doina...

THE MASTER of the tug Superman asked Wells Coastguard for lifeboat assistance at 0450 on October 21, 1973; she was towing an ex-Admiralty MFV, Pilgrim, which, with two people on board, was in danger of breaking up; their position was...