LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.15 p.m. on I9th June, 1966, a report was received that a capsized yacht was adrift one mile east of the lookout. There was a strong southerly wind with a choppy sea. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded at...

Lasting the night During the night of 2 July, a lone yachtsman faced force 10 winds and 10-11m waves, 40 miles off the coast of Donegal. The experienced sailor harnessed himself to the yacht as it capsized repeatedly. In the early hours of...

Broken rudder A YACHT in trouble to the south of the Calf Islands, off the southern Irish coast, was firing red flares. They were sighted and reported to the honorary secretary of Baltimore lifeboat station at 1320 on the afternoon of Friday...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized on the south side of the boom defence. At 4.20 the life-boat Greater London, II...

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 22nd April, the steam-yacht Beaver, of Berwick, was seen in the bay showing signals of distress while a strong breeze was blowing from the W.N.W. The Life-boat John and Janet put off to her assistance at 5 P.M. and...

Falmouth, Cornwall.—-At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 29th of March, 1948, the dock police- reported a yacht in difficulties off Castle Head. A southerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and she was in danger of being...

Family of five saved in rough seas Criccieth lifeboat was alerted on 16 August following a call to Holyhead Coastguard from a family caught in heavy weather aboard their yacht just south of Criccieth Castle.Coastguards paged Criccieth...

Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.

The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...