Watermark, the Mail Order catalogue of RNLI (Sales), has some exciting news - the winner of its Christmas crossword competition and the company's record breaking sales last year.

The winner of the competition, Mrs Silverlock of West Sussex, was by picked by recent medalwinning coxswain, Chris Haw of Swanage lifeboat after he carefully sifted through the thousands of entries at the station on 6 January 1997. The competition included a tie-breaker in which entrants were asked to complete the line 1 like to support the RNLI because...' - Mrs Silverlock's winning entry finished the sentence with '...those wonderful men rely on us, just as we rely on them.' The prize, a superb Mediterranean cruise aboard Black Watch with luxury accommodation, was kindly donated by Fred Olsen Travel..