LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

By Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N.R.

Chief Inspector of Life-boats WHENEVER a life-boat of the type which cannot right herself is capsized the same questions are asked. "Why cannot all life-boats right...

AT 9.49 on the evening of the 12th November, 1961, the Deal coastguard informed the Walmer honorary secre- tary that the East Goodwin lightvessel, which had been buffeted by heavy seas, had broken adrift from her moorings and was driving...

Re-count. . .

The letter from the honorary secretary of Bodmin and District branch, published in the autumn 1976 issue of THE LIFEBOAT, amused us all here in Trowbridge because the report closely followed our own flag day...

Newspoint In Reserve The financial reserves held by charities came underthe media spotlight recently as a result of a television pro- gramme on Channel 4.

The programme asked whether it was wrong for charities with large...

THE following is a copy of a Circular which has been addressed by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the local Committees of its several Life-boat Branches on the coasts of the United Kingdom. The Circular explains at length the...

There ain't nothing like a ... cheque!Gemma Craven, starring in the West End musical 'South Pacific' at the Bournemouth Pavilion during the summer, drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 46th national lottery, which took...

NEWS POINT FIRST AMONG EQUALS Those who find themselves explaining how the RNLI operates, how it is organised and how it is funded are very often asked, "What do other countries do? Is the RNLI unique?". The answer could have been...

September Meeting.

Torbay, Devon.—At about 6 P.M. on the 12th June, 1939, a sailing dinghy capsized in Fishcombe Bay. The weather was fine with a N.W. breeze and an almost smooth sea. The crew of three were seen clinging to...