Surfer Neil Futton was waiting in the water for the next wave to ride and, looking around, noticed a bodyboard floating in the water.
He paddled over and found a man who had stopped breathing. He started to attempt...
Graham Raines Crew Member aboard the Hayling Island Atlantic 21 on a service to the yacht Dingaling on 9 October 1988.
Crew Member Raines entered the water in conditions near the limit of operation for an Atlantic 21 to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
My husband was involved in the rescue of a surfer reported on page 18 of your Autumn 2012 issue. He was pretty shaken up by the experience and we'd like to emphasise the survivor's learning, that surfers should never go out alone. We...
Category: Articles
Now, charity begins at work There's a new way of giving to the RNLI, called Give As You Earn. You join at work and it makes the money you give worth more.
That's because the donation is taken out of your pay by your...
Category: Donations
Notes of the Quarter, by the editor 147 IlLiJ Beaufort Wind Scale 148 Lifeboat Services 149 XLIV Annual Awards 1975 153 456 A Weekend in September 154 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 156 Opening of new Headquarters at...
Category: Contents
MRS. AMY LEA WARREN PEARL, an honorary life-governor of the Institu- tion, died on ist February, 1964, at the age of 83. She was a member of the Chelsea branch committee from 1936, became vice-chairman in 1951, and subscribed generously to...
Category: Obituaries
Ever dreamed of sailing away to exotic shores? In a few easy steps you could be well on your way. To help convince you, we’ve enlisted solo circumnavigator and RNLI Governor Jeanne Socrates
BENEFITS OF...
Category: Articles
The important question of providing harbours of refuge on exposed parts of the coast, where natural harbours are not to be found, to which merchant vessels and fishing-boats could ran for safety in gales of wind, has once more cropped up,...
Category: Articles
AUTUMN 2017 RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr M Ferguson from Buckinghamshire who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Ms V Storey, South...
Category: Articles
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's annuity or a retirement allowance and a gratuity.
Name JOHN JAMES MURRAY DAVID M. HOGGINS HUGH...
Category: Awards