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A Sailing Dinghy
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 3.55 in the afternoon of the 4th of September, 1949, some holiday visitors reported that a boat with a man and a small girl on board was on the rocks at the foot of Creadon cliffs. At 4.10 the life-boat...
A Sailing Dinghy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.40on the afternoon of the 26th of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy, with two children on board, had capsized half a mile off shore opposite King's Drive,...
A Sailing Dinghy
Holyhead, Anglesey. At 4.9 on the afternoon of the 24th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secre- tary that a sailing dinghy had capsized two miles north-west of Penrhos beach and that her crew of two were clingingto her....
A Sailing Dinghy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 4.12 on the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized about a mile and a half off Chandlers Corner, Lancing, and that her crew were...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dinghy and canoe A SAILING DINGHY with two boys on board capsized in a fresh south westerly breeze, force 5, about three miles west north west of Redcar lifeboat station on Saturday May 22. The D class lifeboat launched at 1612 manned by...
Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
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A Sailing Yacht
JUNE 10TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
At 10.20 at night a telephone call was received from the owner of a sailing yacht, that the yacht, with his son, his sister and a man on board, was being driven out to sea by a strong...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1951, the Lade coastguard telephoned that a man was in difficulties in a sailing dinghy off Littlestone. At 1.15 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched. The sea...
Two Sailing Dinghies
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1957, at the time of the Penarth regatta, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans put out in a rough sea, with a fresh south-easterly breeze blowing and rain, to help...
A Sailing Dinghy (6)
DAMAGE BY WIND Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 2.30 p.m.
on the same day, a capsized sailing dinghy was sighted three miles south-west of Egypt Point, Isle of Wight. Three people were clinging to the hull in moderate seas after a...