THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain James Wilson of St. Abbs, who first joined the St. Abbs crew in 1947.

He was assistant mechanic from 1951 to 1953, when he was appointed cox- swain. Since he joined the crew St.

Abbs life-boats have been launched on service 32 times and have rescued 22 lives. The photograph is reproduced by courtesy of Mr. H. Mackinben..