News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI At the Sharp End Lifeboat services around the country Open House A photo report of the RNLI's biennial Headquarters Open Days Pig Farms, Cottages and Parrots Deputy Director Ray Kipling looks at legacies, including some of the more unusual ones! Bookshelf A look at some of the latest books on lifeboats and the sea Covering the Atlantic Coast Nicholas Leach looks at the RNLI's cover on the west coast of Ireland Building up to the Millennium II Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his circumnavigation of the coast looking at the Institutions's shore facilities High Seas...

14 17 20 22 25 29 More lifeboat stations from the air The Fundraisers How some of the RNLI's funds are raised 31 Your Letters Readers put pen to paper on lifeboats and related subjects People and Places Around and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 36 39 41 Station-by-station lifeboat launches for March, April and May 1997.