FOR PERSONAL SERVICE Contact the Company with nearly forty years' experience in the manufacture of CLUB & COMPANY TIES Quantities from one dozen with printed motif, five dozen with woven motif, striped ties from three dozen. All quotations and sketches are free. Our art department will help. Special quotations for large orders and Export.

Also available-wall plaques, squares, cravats, brooches, hand and machine embroidered badges, key-fobs, etc.

VICTOR SUMMER & Co Ltd 47A Beak Steel loff Regent St), London W1R48T Telephone 01-437 7961 & 4792 Telex 24224 CRUISING/CANOEING/CAMPING RIVER CHARENTE 2-6 berth cruisers or Canadian canoes (for 2) plus full camping equipment, or 6-berth caravans, for hire on the unspoilt Charente in South West France.

Inclusive charge covers hire, travel, insurance for fully equipped cruiser and/or scanoe and camping equipment.

Group discounts. Write or telephone: Holiday Charente, Wardlngton, Banbuiy, Oxon 0X17 ISA (0295 758282).

HEATHFIELD HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR THE ELDERLY Bovev Tracev, Devon Tel: O626 832681 Highly Recommended Discount for Readers of THE LIFEBOAT SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Renovation and repair to meteorological instruments.

* Barometers * Barographs * Mercury and Aneroid Spares available, recording charts, inks. Specialist in Negretti and Zambra and Short and Mason Instruments.

W. J. Read 16 Hill Top Avenue, Page Hill, Buckingham MK181TZ. Tel: 0280-814375 CRUISING HOTELBOATS Explore the enchanting inland waterways of England and Wales aboard the hotelboats Dawn and Dusk. Good food, friendly companions are the tonic for an enjoyable holiday.

Brochure from: NARROWBOAT HOTEL COMPANY 26 MOUNT AVENUE, BEBINGTON MERSEYSIDE, L63 5RF TEL: 051608 7593 MADE TO MEASURE HAND CUT SHIRTS and BLOUSES From quality fabrics: Sea Island cottons, silks, polycottons, wool/cotton mixtures, cotton Oxfords, viyella, etc.

Patterns and details from A. GARSTANG & CO LTD Dept. LB1, 213 Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lanes BB26BP Tel: 0254 59357 Also pyjamas and nightshirts.

TROUSERS for MEN & WOMEN also KHAKI DRILL, CAVALRY TWILL. HEAVYWEIGHT CORDUROY. PRICES FROM WHIPCORD and TWEED. "™ "1* Please send s.a.e. [or Patterns, T 1 Q 50 Men's sizes 30"-46" waists.

2T-34" inside leg Ladies'14.16.18.20 Full cut conventional trousers.

Money refunded guarantee. Established 1921 Personal snappers by appointment Telephone: Godaone (0883) 843526 AUSTIN & SMITH (Depl. 17), 35 High Street, Bletchingley, Surrey DISCOVER SHROPSHIRE The lies family guarantee peace, quiet, seclusion in iheir Country House set in 2 acres. Enjoy Ironbridge, Severn Valley, glorious border countryside.

Excellent cuisine, super cellar.

Croquel. fly fishing available.

Recommended 100 Great British Weekends. Best of Britain.

American guides. AA * * RAC OM Vkarage Hotel, WorTwtd, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 SJZ.Td. 0746 497/8.

BRIXHAM, DEVON Harbour Side Guest House.

Overlooking the lifeboat in Outer Harbour and Breakwater Beach.

But within easy reach of the town.

H/C all rooms, terms from £7.50 B/B.

For details please ring Vic or Barb Edwards on (Brixham) 08045 58899 RNU WALL PLAQUES. High quality handcrafted with full coloured RNU houseflag. In relief, on a varnished shield r x 8" - £12.00 (P&P £2.25). Many supplied to Crews, Branches and Ladies Guilds for presentations with engraved plates and own wording £2.50 6Xtra MARINE CRAFTS west Rock, The Cleave, Kingsand, Nr.

Torpoint, Cornwall PL101NF S (0752 822658).

ISLES OF SCIU.Y MINCARIO GUEST HOUSE Supert. posta wertooking the harbour at St. Mary's - adjacent the Lifeboat Station. Run by the same local family since 1945. All rooms H&C and heating. Terms from £14 (plus VAT) daily and BB & EM.

Tel: 0720 23513 or write Colin Duncan WEST COAST of SCOTLAND join Tony (Skipper, ex. MN) andAnya (Cook A zoologist) aboard ALYSTRA, a 38ft. Ketch.

Cruise the magnificent waters of the West Coast. Explore uninhabited isles, enjoy quiet anchorages and good food. Learn the basics of cruising, pilotage, navigation, or just take in the scenery. Sail in sheltered waters ideal lor the family. Single sailors welcome.

Members of the A.S.Y.C.

GILL YACHT CHARTERS c/o Ardfem Yacht Centre Ardfern by Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 SON Tel: 08525-257 & 0742-746029 APPLEDORE, NORTH DEVON Enjoy peaceful self-catering holidays throughout the year in our fisherman's cottage, comfortably furnished for our own use. It is all-electric, with colour TV, and has night storage heating in winter. Sleeps 4. No pets, please. For brochure phone (0273) 721543.

HEBRIDEAN GIFTS Hebridean Gift Catalogue. Send stamp for fascinating catalogue of unusual high quality gifts to Hebridean Gifts, (L), Orinsay, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

MINIATURE MODELS OF LIFEBOATS, SAILING VESSELS, YACHTS. AND OTHER MARITIME CRAFT Commissioned by maritime museums, collectors, owners, skippers, RNLI stations and crews. Each subject individually created, by one of the world's leading ship modellers, to provide exceptionally accurate and detailed replicas. 'Exquisite perfection in miniature' - a client. The work includes many RNLI lifeboats for naming ceremonies, retirements and collections. Each supplied with certificate of authenticity and scale.

BRIAN WILLIAMS West Rock, The Cleave, Kingsand, Torpoint, Cornwall PL10 INF (Tel: 0752 822638) FILEY North Yorkshire Coast. The Southdown Hotel. Mid-week - Weekend Bargain Breaks. 10 yards from the sea. Panoramic views across Filey Bay from Rley Brigg to Flamborough Cliffs. CH in bedrooms; CTV, en-suite, etc. Licensed. Shoreliners receive 5% discount.

Brochure/Tariff - 7/8 The Beach.

Open all year.

Tel: 0723 513392.

SPOIL HER With a Spe :ial Bargain Weekender Break or our luxury Country House Hotel. fc42 pp including free Sunday Lunch, or even better a Midweeker — £19.50 pp per day, DB&B inclusive (2 nights or more). Beautiful en suite bedrooms with col TV, video, phone and teamaker. Log fires. Fabulous food (also vegetarian menu). Pets welcome. Also luxury cottages.

AA***RAC Ashley Courtenay Recommended PARKHAM, NORTH DEVON Telephone (OZ375) 388 BED & BREAKFAST - FAL ESTUARY PERIOD HOUSE ON WATERSIDE 1V2 MILES TRURO. S 0872 70448 FALMOST AFLOAT . . . ~ | or close waterfront, Fowey Harbour, South | I Cornwall. Comfortable holiday cottages, i ! Polruan, sleep 2/8. Superb views, excep-! I tionally well equipped, mooring facilities, I | E50/E300 weekly. Now booking Christmas | |jand 1987. Telephone 072 687 448. j YOUR OWN LIFEBOAT Painted in Oils on Canvas 30" X 20" £40 S.A.E. to: LEE. 9 THE ESPLANADE, WEYMOUTH. DORSET.

BATH Spacious self-contained self-catering holiday flats in elegant Georgian house. Well equipped. AA Listed.

THOMPSON & WILLIAMS, 1 Grosvenor Place, Bath BA1 6AX.

® 06662 2612 (Personal) ® 0225 20557 (Answer Phone) rChurehwood-i £S*» ' * % South Devon . -rt/r..., SeH-Catering [.&*£'• * Holiday Cabins ffe"« Quiet country setting close to beach" • All inclusive price excellent value • Good walking, riding, sailing,fishing and diving • Easy reach Historic City of Plymouth • Family owned and run with minimum commercialisation.

Free brochure: CHURCH WOOD, WEMBURY. PLYMOUTH.

DEVON ns ooi Tat (0752) 862382 (24 hrs) PLYMOUTH HOE - DEVON IMPERIAL HOTEL - 22 Bedrooms - Discount Shoreline members - Details resident proprietor Lt. Cdr. Alan Jones RNR- (0752)227311 TINTAGEL/BOSCASTLE Five clean comfortable holiday cottages accommodating from 2-8 persons. Situated in a smaQ hamlet overlooking the cliffs and sea.

AA listed. Brochure from: Pauline & Ivan Upright, Halgabron House, Halgabron, Tintagel, N. Cornwall.

Tel: 0840 770667.

Lake District, Underskiddaw, Keswick S/C farm cottage, two double bedrooms, log fires, panoramic views. Pets and children over 12 years welcome. Tel. 0596 72851 OIL PAINTINGS From Your Photographs Portraits — Views — Pets We will reproduce your colour photo onto canvas in oils. Ideal present for Christmas - Anniversary - Birthdays.

Details and price list sae to An Lys Fine Arts, Longhouse Lane, Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Binocular Repair Specialist Shoreline Member, realistic prices, high quality, repairs/cleaning/re-aligning.

ACTION OPTICS 2 Old Hill, Avening, Nr. Tetbury, Glos GL8 8NR S Nailsworth (045 383) 3738 ACTIVE INVESTORS need looseleaf investment ledgers £12.

SAE. for details to R. D. C. Passey, The MM House, CreweCWllMW.

HEBRIDES ISLANDS Visit Scotland's lovely Western Isles cruising under sail or power with 'Seabird Cruises' from £168 per week all found. Details: 38 Hillside, CROMER, Norfolk NR27 OHY THE HOTEL FOR ALL SEASONS Secluded, romantic and wonderful hospitality HOLNE CHASE Nr. Ashbuzton, Devon Poandsgate (036 43) 471 AA + RAC" Commendation of B.TJL... Repairs, Engines, Rigging, Laying-up, Chandlery, Electrics...

All solved professionally at BRIXHAM, DEVON Telephone: (08045) 2365 I I I MAKE MORE MONEY WITH SHEFRAS BEST SELLERS Choose from the exciting MS range of successful fundraisersall proven, popular money-makers, backed by our famous 'never undersold' guarantee.

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Morris Shelras & Son Ltd (Dept. TL) 27 Vicarage Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 4AQ.

01-6812921 LIFEBOAT CLASSIFIED l~ RAMSGATE - KENT ~~l J Very comfortable, newly furnished guest house, | I Just 100 yds away from beach & harbour. Sea .

I angling and day trips to France arranged on I | request. Terms B&B weekly or £8 per night I I (£7 out of season). .

I ST. JUSTIN, 8 KENT TERRACE, RAMSGATE, ' | KENrjmmy ek0843j 976S2 J PRINTFORCE New fri GROUP FUND RAISING by David Saint. Pages of ideas and information for all local fund raisers, including details of over 100 fund raising activities as well as advice on the law, insurance, etc. An invaluable aid to all voluntary organisations needing to raise small or large sums. £3.95 plus 25p p&p from: Printforce (F), 6 Angel Hill Drive, Sutton, Surrey SMI 3BX.

ST. MAWES. CORNWALL Creekside cottage and farm bungalow, both sleep 6. No Pets.

Miles. Trewollack. St. Mawes.

Tel. (0326) 270229 ADVERTISE on these pages and reach 130,000 R.N.L.I.

members and their family and friends. The cost is £12 a column centimetre or £11 if four or more insertions are booked.

Please add VAT at 15%.

Contact: Karen Heath, Jackson-Rudd & Associates Ltd., Oldebourne House, 46-47 Chancery Lane, London WC2A1JB.

Tel: 01-405 3611, 405 2860 before November 30th for the Winter issue.

STOP BIRD DAMAGE with CROPTECT HUMMING LINE Highly effective because birds DON'T GET USED TO IT! Works through wind action alone: just stretch and leave.

Ideal for boats or gardens - building too.

100ft reel £3.20 500m roll £10.50 Incl. VAT p.&p. CWO only, satisfaction guaranteed.

From CROP PROTECTION SYSTEMS, Dept. L, BMg 1, Stanmore Estate, BRIOGNORTH, WV15 5HP.

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LEATHER DECK SHOES These must be the Best Value in "Top Quality" Shoes.

ONLY £26.50 (OR LESS) INC.

V.A.T., POST AND PACKING.

Choke of Colours and Style.

You save by buying direct from the Importer.

SA.E. for Illustrated Colour Leaflet.

DON CHILCOTT, Nautlcos Ltd., 35 Duckmoor Road, As/iton, Bristol BS32DQ.

Tel: 0272 661973 PLEASE MENTION THE LIFEBOAT.

FLUSHING, CORNWALL Cornwall. Comfortably furnished quayside holiday cottage, sleeping six in three bedrooms, situated in the centre of this quiet village on beautiful Falmouth harbour.

Views across the water to Greenbank and the Royal Cornwall YC.

Phone Mr A. Bromley, Ringwood (04254) 6660 or write, 22 Gravel Lane. Ringwood. Hants BH24 1LN.

COLYTON, DEVON.

The Old Bakehouse. Beautiful E.

Devon. Come and enjoy the peaceful charm of our 17th century hotel. Oak beams, log fire, superb cuisine. All rooms have colour T.V., tea-making facilities; most en suite. Special breaks from £29.

S 0297-52518 CORNWALL Tamarside Cottage.

Idyllic surroundings. Sleeps 4. Pets and children welcome.

g Barnes 0579 50284 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THE ANGLESEY BOATHOOK makes a good catch, and buoys gathered time with its wide stainless hook.

Strong, stylish and practical. Bright yellow grip floats upright for easy recovery.

Lines in first £14.75 post free or S-A.E. for brochure from Anmar Products Haywood Farm Grindleford S30 1HN We wish to purchase secondhand and antiquarian books. We will value and offer to purchase library collections and individual items giving specialist advice and service. We also offer an efficient book finding service. Please write or telephone giving title and author.

75 Camberley House (ref RNI) Redhill Street, London NW1 4AX Telephone: 01-387 3520 TRANSATLANTIC CRUISING -THE REALITY A perfect gift for yachtsmen In 2 hours you can cross the Atlantic on a 44 foot yacht with family and friends on this adventure of a lifetime. _ Sail 5000 miles by the classic trade wind route with yachting author, Don Street as your skipper. Street's book 'The Ocean Sailing Yacht" is a standard reference on board for ocean voyagers. Share Street's lifetime of sailing experience in this unique 2 hour video.

Visit eleven ocean islands on your way to the winter sunshine of the Caribbean.

Video can add a dimension, the experience of being there, which is sometimes hard to gain from books and magazines.

SEND FOR FREE COLOUR BROCHURE Phone 01-223 7983 Off Send stamped addressed envelope to Marine Marketing, 54 Bolingbroke Grove, London SW116HR, UK PLEASE MENTION THE LIFEBOAT NEW TWO HOUR VIDEO.