The Beach Lifeguard Arancia rescue boat and the Exmouth D class Spirit of the f xe rescue the yacht Channel Dancer Photo: Rodney Mackintosh. - View image in PDF
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On the evening of the 28th July telephone messages were received from the Coast- guard that a small yacht was at anchor in a dangerous position about 300 yards off shore, and that she would probably take tie ground and capsize when the tide...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.5 on the morning of the 21st of September, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht anchored two miles north-east of the Nore Towers had asked for a tow. At 7.30 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...
Shoreham, Sussex - On 22nd September, 1968, the life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched to the yacht Jean Ann. A full account of this service appears on page 557..
TOW FOR YACHT WITH SIX ABOARD New Brighton, Cheshire. At 1.47 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1962, a member of the life-boat crew told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties on the edge of the Burbo bank and...
MOTOR YACHT TOWED THROUGH ROUGH SEA Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 12th September, 1962, the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis had just reached her moorings after an exercise when the east pier watchman reported that a yacht...
YACHT LEAKING At 5.55 a.m. on I5th November, 1965, the coastguard reported that a yacht with her engine broken down was in need of assistance and that a pilot cutter was standing by. The life-boat Mabel E.
Holland was...
Bronze Medal Coxswain Chris Haw of Swanage for the service to the yacht Be Happy on 28 October 1996 - see Tht Liftbott Winter 1996/7 for a full report of the service. - View image in PDF
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On the 8th April, during very stormy weather, with the wind at N.E.
and a very heavy sea running, signals of distress were shown from the yacht Oruiskeen Lawn, of Wexford, which vessel was stranded on the north end of the...
Selsey, Sussex. At 5.27 on the morn- ing of the 3rd of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht had fired three flares two hundred yards south of the Owers lightvessel. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was...