Demonstrations included the capsize and righting of the RNLI's Atlantic 21 ILB. A British crew righted the boat first and then, after being instructed in the righting drill by Mike Butler of the RNLI Cowes base, a Dutch crew took over... - View image in PDF
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THREE CUMBRIAN STATIONS, St BeeS, Workington and Silloth, complementing each other, are the guardians of the southern approaches to the Firth of Solway and of the firth itself, just as Kirkcudbright and Kippford guard the waters to the north...
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Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...
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Seven Dorset lifeboatmen, from Poole, Swanage and We y mouth, attended the annual national service for seafarers in St Paul's Cathedral on October 24, when, for the first time, the RNLI flag was carried up the aisle; the flag was carried...
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Lt E. Gough, the RNLI's staff officer (Communications), sent the message Uniform Whisky One (UW1) to the Boys' Brigade at Aigburth, Liverpool, after they had raised £36 by mounting a display about the sea, doing figure marching...
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Ramsgate remembered Reading Ken Baker's letter in the Spring issue reminded me that I also had reason to be grateful to the Ramsgate lifeboat.
I also had the same experience as he but was taken aboard a small Dutch...
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