Yacht saved by shore helpers ILFRACOMBE LIFEBOAT, the 37ft Oakley class Lloyds II, had launched to a yacht in difficulties in an east-north-easterly gale on the night of Friday June 20, 1986. With the help of a local sand dredger Arco Tamar...
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
RESCUES FROM THREE YACHTS IN TURN Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and Margate, Kent. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard ininformed the honorary secretary at Southend-on-Sea that a small sailing dinghy had capsized near...
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 3.30 p.m. on 22nd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that several yachts were returning to Bridlington from a race in a south-south-easterly wind of near gale force. There was a rough sea and...
St Helier: (right) The crew of the 44ft Waveney lifeboat Thomas James King for the service on September 3, 1983, to the French yacht Cythara: (I to r) Crew Members William Hibbs and John Gray, Coxswain Michael Berry, who was awarded a bar to... - View image in PDF
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Bembridge Coxswain, Peter Smith, Was Knocked Unconscious When He Was Thrown Against a Stanchion While the Life-Boat, Jesse Lumb Was Battling Against Heavy Seas on a Service Call to a Yacht in Distress. - View image in PDF
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Lowestoft: At 0625 on Tuesday August 14, 1979, the morning of the Fastnet Storm, Lowestoft's 47ft Watson lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick launched on service to escort the Dutch yacht Lutjewald, in difficulties in rough seas and a... - View image in PDF
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RESCUES FROM THREE YACHTS IN TURN Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and Margate, Kent. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard ininformed the honorary secretary at Southend-on-Sea that a small sailing dinghy had capsized near...