LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Man overboard! This is the cry no seagoer wants to hear but how much worse would it be to know that, as you slipped and fell into the water, no one knew you had gone? The lone fisherman or yachtsman has always been in grave danger if they...

(right) The Lord Mayor of London has been an exofficio member of the Institution's Committee of Management since 1918.

When the present Lord Mayor, Sir Robin Cillett (I.), himself a seaman and a strong supporter of the... - View image in PDF

As announced in the last issue of The Lifeboat, the Committee of Management decided in May that every Life-boat Station, on the completion of a hundred years, should be presented with a Vellum to be hung in the Town Hall or other public...

At first glance the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the RNLI appear poles apart. But the world's largest coastguard service and the RNLI have united to set up an exchange programme to help both services improve their ability to save...

Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.

Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...

• Commenting on Yacht Signalling by Bernard Hayman (Nautical Books, Macmillan, £8.95) Rear Admiral W. J.

Graham, director of the Institution, wrote: 'This most comprehensive book on signalling to and from yachts is...

Leaving a gift to the RNLI in your Will is your legacy of care to millions of people who use our coast each year, from children playing on the beach, to fishing crews who battle the seas to put a fresh catch on the...