LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Boat Genevieve
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 16th of August, 1955, the Formby coastguard reported that the port radar station had stated that a man was swimming seawards off Alexandra dock. At 1.40 the life-boat Norman B. Cotiett...
The Sailing Boat Kestrel
Margate, Kent.—At 3.41 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had capsized half a mile north of Reculver Tower. At 3.47 the life- boat North Foreland, Civil Service No.
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A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Kirkcudbright.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1957, a message was received from the police that two men had put out in a small dinghy to go duck-shooting on the morning of the day before and had not returned....
A Sailing Craft
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1957, the coxswain was told that a fishing- vessel had wirelessed that a small sailing craft was ashore near the King's Scar buoy and that her crew were waving for help...
Sailing Dinghies and Tantivy
Two taken off BEAUMARIS ILB STATION deputy launching authority was informed by Penmon Coastguard at 1646 on Saturday, October 23, 1976, that sailing dinghies had capsized in the vicinity of Gallows Point and Garth Point, Menai Strait; the...
The Sailing Boat Brigand
Weymouth, Dorsetshire.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 15th of September, 1949, a boat owner reported that his sailing boat Brigand was missing with a man and a woman on board. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched at...
A Sailing Dinghy (6)
Eastney, Hampshire. At 4.53 p.m., on 29th June, 1965, the coastguard inforged the honorary secretary* that a sailing dinghy had capsized i^ooo yards off Eastney Beach. At 5 o'clock the inshore rescue boat launched in a gentle...
A Sailing Smack (1)
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— 20th October. A sailing smack had sunk, but her crew took to their boat and were picked up by another smack.
—Rewards, Lowestoft, £19 19s. 6d.; Kessingland, £23 8s....
The Sailing Boat Nelly
The motor life-boat Elliot Galer was launched at 11.45 A.M. on the 1st August, as the coastguard had tele- phoned that the sailing boat Nelly, of Leith, with one man on board, had capsized and sunk two miles south of Seaham, and two miles...
A Sailing Dinghy
Youghal, Co. Cork.—At 6 o'clock in the evening of the 19th of July, 1948, information was received that a sailing dinghy from Cork had capsized in the bay between Red Buoy and Capel Island, and at 6.15 the motor life-boat Laurana Sarah...