How confident are you in the water? Perhaps you are practically a fish, slipping into the surf with ease – or do you prefer to cling to the support of terra firma?
If you’re not an experienced sea user, our feature on page...
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Seaspray and Whisky
by Norman Freeman
Review by Sam Barnes
Though I’m a fan of books with a maritime theme I didn’t quite know what to expect from Seaspray and Whisky. It is based on...
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AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL last May the gold medal for outstanding gallantry was presented to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port, Guernsey, and the silver medal to Coxswain/Mechanic Alexander ' Alastair' Gilchrist of...
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Fair weather or foul During Hoylake lifeboat station's open day last August it was a case of 'What shall we look at first?' And with so much to see and do it must have been a hard choice for many of the 10,000 people who went...
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FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO BEACH Aith, Shetlands. At 6.10 on the morning of the 1st April, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed by a man living in Sandness that a motor fishing vessel was in difficulties at the north end of Papa Stour as...
AFTER the Edinburgh meeting the Prince of Wales travelled by special train to Glasgow and there attended a Ball, organised by the Glasgow Branch and held on board the s.s. Transylvania, lying in the Clyde. This is the second Ball which,...
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WITH a view to the interchange of ideas and suggestions as to the " Life-boat Saturday" movement, a conference took place in the rooms of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, on the afternoon of the 2nd May. Representatives were present...
Category: Meetings
LiFeBoAt LotterY Lifeboat Lottery Autumn winner Kirsten Ferguson said during her visit to Anstruther lifeboat station: ‘My husband and I are not sailors but I grew up in Denmark and recognise how important the sea is. You hope you will never...
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SUMMER 2018 RESULTS
Congratulations to Miss A Prince from Essex who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mr R Pollard, North Humberside<...
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With deep regret we record the following deaths; JULY 1988: John Drew, mechanic of Penlee lifeboat from 1938 to 1970 and assistant mechanic from 1933.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1947.
NOVEMBER 1988:...
Category: Obituaries