LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?

Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...

Mike Smith, a Tunbridge Wells teacher and a member of the Long Distance Walkers Association, 'pushed out the boat' for the RNLI when the Mayor set him off on a 170-mile sponsored walk from Tunbridge Wells to Weymouth. Mike was...

'THE PLEASURE of your company' is a phrase so often used that we rarely listen to the words themselves; but when members of the royal family honour the lifeboat service with their company everyone knows the days will not only be...

. MALTA Family run guest house. B&B. air conditioned rooms, bar. home cooking, restaurant. TV room, sunroof with sunbeds, situated in centre of village 'champagne comforts for lemonade money'. C14 p/p/p/night. Self catering...

THE YEAR OF 1891 was one well remembered for the terrible storms that caused many lives to be lost in the Channel. The Romney Marsh coast was no exception. On March 9, 1891, in a severe gale the Coastguard, with local folk, were called to a...

In the second part of his examination of possible yachting predicaments, reproduced here by kind permission of Yachting Monthly, Des Sleightholme asks Coxswains Dave Kennett of Yarmouth, loW, Griff Jones of Porthdirllaen and Ian Johnson of...

To organise a massive cheese and wine evening with more than 200 guests is no mean achievement when you are over eighty, confined to a wheel-chair and reliant on the telephone for making all arrangements. Nevertheless, the irrepressible Mrs...

IN a world in which good news tends more and more to be excluded from the front pages of newspapers, it is gratifying to be able to record that the R.N.L.I.'s record last year was one of consistent and outstanding success. The number of...