LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AUTUMN 2010
Ms J Pollard-Ovens of West Glamorgan scooped first prize of £5,000 in the Autumn Lifeboat Lottery and elebrated with a visit to her local lifeboat station at Port Talbot.

The other cash prize...

Earlier this year, Hoylake launch volunteer Tracy Davies – pictured on the front page – became the first woman to qualify as an operator of the Shannon class lifeboat’s launch and recovery vehicle. Now she’s on call, ready to send the...

a s p o t t e r ' s g u i d e Why are there so many different designs of lifeboat when the purpose of every lifeboat is so similar-the saving of life at sea? Surely, one might think, all lifeboats are designed to weather the worst of...

By A DE LABORDETTE, Surgeon to the Hospital of Laisieux, Knight of the Legion of Honour.

 THE laryngoscope has been the subject of a favourable report made to the Imperial Academy of Medicine by Professor...

The following extract was taken from a paper presented to the ninth international life-boat conference in Edinburgh, 1963, by Lieut.-Commander Robert W. Witter, Chief, Boat Section, Naval Engineering Division, United States Coast Guard.<...

AN ADVENTURE AT ABOYNE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF The Prince's Trust It's up to you—we will give you the tools, if you will do the job THE PRINCE'S TRUST, established in 1976 at the wish of the Prince of Wales, has thrown down a...

Reasons to celebrate The opening of Ramsey's new hoathouse in a ceremony on 6 April was much welcomed by all.

The new boathouse. situated at the north end of the south promenade, has been specially designed to house the...

Give yourself something to look forward to after the Christmas and New Year celebrations are over and get 2007 off to a great start, with this fabulous 30-day Caribbean Winter Sunshine Cruise departing directly from...