Escorted yacht in gale A FORCE 8 west-north-westerly gale was blowing at midday on Thursday September 5, 1985, when the yacht, Sea Mirage, was on passage from Port St Mary on the Isle of Man, heading for Heswell in the Dee...
On the 17th May the Life-boat Sarah, Tancred ren- dered valuable assistance to the yacht Nicomi, of Dalkey, which was in great dis- tress off Bray Head in a fresh gale at E.N.E..
On the evening of the 21st May the look-out reported that a small cutter-rigged yacht was ashore, about one mile south of the station, on Caister Shoal. A squally W. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth.
The yacht was...
Ilfracombe, Devon.—About noon on the 4th of August, 1957, a message was received that a yacht was in diffi- culties off Bull Point. Another yacht had tried to tow her but had failed to make headway and had cast off the tow and made for...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.58 on the afternoon of the 20th of October, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized south of Clacton pier. At 1.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched in a rough sea.
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 3.17 p.m. on 26th April, 1970, it was learnt that the 22 foot Bermuda-rigged yacht Lively Lady was in difficulties three miles south of the life-boat house and was firing distress signals. The lifeboat Watkin Williams...
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.30 p.m. on 1st November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Newcombe bank. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 2.40 in a southerly gale and...
Margate, Kent. At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been drifting eastwards towards the North Spit buoy and was dangerously near Margate sands. The life-boat North...
Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 7.10 a.m. on 22nd August, 1966, a yacht off Dunwich required assistance. There was a gale from the north east with a rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary...
. . . But before Melfort's other three crew members could be rescued in the same way the yacht, pounding on rocks, began to break up and founder.. - View image in PDF
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