LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

• No one could be better fitted to write Mayday! Mayday!: A History of the Guernsey Lifeboat Station than Jurat Guy Blampied, QBE, who, an RNAS seaplane pilot himself in the first world war and an RAF officer in the second, has been an...

Mayday, our national fundraising event, really seemed to capture the hearts of RNLI supporters – including some household names. Here’s why they pulled on yellow wellies to show their RNLI support …

Part of a lifeguard’s role is to prevent accidents before they happen by giving safety advice – usually on the beach, but sometimes in the heart of the city …

'Help, help,’ shouts an 11-year-old girl to her friend....

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—The s.s. Loch Lomond, of Dundee, whilst bound from the Tyne to Marseilles with a cargo of 3,600 tons of coal, stranded on the North Holm Sand on the 8th November.

A strong westerly breeze was blowing at...

CONSIDERING what a vast amount of wealth has been every year engulfed beneath the waves since mankind engaged in commerce by sea, it is matter for astonishment that so little has been attempted in an organized and scientific manner for the...

After last year’s success, the RNLI has again been named as the official charity partner for Cowes Week 2010.

The internationally famous sailing regatta has been staged each August since 1826 and attracts participants and...

• Now that This is Rough Weather Sailing has been written by Erroll Bruce, everyone thinking of going offshore, cruising or racing, should read it. Those whose interest is purely in the work of the rescue services should read it, too, for it...

THE Fastnet race—famous among yachtsmen the world over for its tough course of over 600 miles from Cowes to round the Fastnet rock off the south-west of Ireland—is contested only by strong and experienced crews. This year there were nearly...