Notes of the Quarter by the Editor 237 International Boat Show 239 T T - I VT TTT It was a Dark and Stormy Night ... by Jilly Cooper 240 Number 450 Lifeboat Stamps 242 A Year of Endeavour 243 48 Hours of Gale 248 Chairman: Lifeboat Services 251 COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, CBE, RNVR Lifeboat Launches on Service 254 Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN - . . _, „. , _ . , ... Naming Ceremony: City of Bristol 255 Self Righting Explained by Stuart Welford, MIMechE MRINA 256 They Came to Plymouth 258 Shoreline 260 Central Appeals Committee 261 Some Ways of Raising Money 262 Book Review 263 Editor: Letters 266 PATRICK HOWARTH Inshore Lifeboat Launches on Service 269 Assistant Editor: JOAN DAVIES Index to Advertisers 272.