Contents
Contents Volume 51 Number 505 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: LTCDR BRIAN MILES RDMNIRNR Editor: MIKE FLOY0 Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ.
Telephone Poole (0202) 671133 Telex 41328.
London Offices: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW.
Telephone 01-928 4236 Advertisement Manager: PETER HOLNESS Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ.
Telephone Poole (0202) 671133 Telex 41328 RNLINews What's happening in and around the Institution Lifeboat Services 6 A detailed account of some notable launches Your Letters 13 Readers' views on all aspects of lifeboats After the Hurricane 14 Three medal-winning coxswains talk about aspects of their rescues Membership Scheme News 18 News for Shoreline and Storm Force members, Governors and Life Governors Ceremonies 23 Naming and dedication ceremonies around the country Books 26 Some recent publications reviewed Past and Present 27 From THE LIFEBOAT of 50 years ago ... and a profile of one of today's lifeboatmen The Fundraisers How some of the RNLI's £34m a year is raised Lifeboat Services List of services carried out in March, April and May 1988 People and Places Around and about the RNLI 28 34 36.