LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harmony
Exmouth, Devon - At 8.40 p.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a yacht was in distress off Brandy Head near Beer. There was fresh west south westerly breeze with moderate sea. It was high water. The lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty...
Outlaw
At 12.42 a.m. on 22nd April, 1967, it was reported that a yacht had been seen firing distress flares near the Shingles Bank. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched at 12.58 in a moderate north westerly breeze and a slight...
Precarious position
New Brighton’s B class lifeboat Charles Dibdin and hovercraft Hurley Spirit were called out on Friday 25 March when a yacht crewed by experienced local sailors got stuck in mud. The yacht was leaning...
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Thalia
SWANAGE, DORSET.—Baring a heavy gale from the S.S.E. on the 1st September, the yacht Thalia, which was riding in Swanage Bay, was seen to be rapidly driving towards some dangerous rocks on the north side. The crew of the Charlotte Mary...
Thalia and the Erla
TWO YACHTS ESCORTED OVER BAR Salcombe, Devon. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 3rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was drifting in Salcombe estuary with her sails torn.
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La Mouette
Two lifeboats in night search for disabled yacht in heavy seas The Institution's chief of operations has written to Stephen Vince, the Coxswain/Mechanic of Poole lifeboat, to congratulate him on his leadership and boat handling skill...
Varina
TOWED TO RAMSGATE At 9.35 a.m. on ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a large motor yacht was four miles east of Elbow buoy and appeared to be broken down. It was two hours after high water when, at 9.44, the life-boat...
Cergio
HELP FOR YACHT AFTER TOW-ROPE PARTS St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Cergio was in tow of the French trawler Belle Garce thirteen...
Freya
YACHT FOUND WITH HEAVY LIST Margate, Kent. At 5.48 on the evening of Wednesday the 4th September, 1963, the coastguard passed an anticipatory message to the coxswain stating a sailing yacht was nearing the northwest Margate Sands, about...
Malianne
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 1.31 p.m' on 26th May, 1969, news was received that a yacht had capsized two miles off shore. At 1.57 the life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin was launched in a fresh south westerly breeze and a rough sea. It was...