In this issue News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 10 Including Bronze Medal and Vellum services Blackpool Illuminated 16 Jon Jones looks at the RNLI's latest Visitor Centre and the new lifeboat station at Blackpool Westward ho! 18 RNLI Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at lifeboat stations around the coast - this time westwards from Littlehampton A Manx Tale 22 Sir William Hillary founded the RNLI as a result of his experiences on the Isle of Man - the Institution's ancestral home Inside the D class 24 A double-page cut-away of the RNLI's hard-working smallest lifeboat Irish Eyes are smiling The Winning Touch All the winners in our Anniversary Year photo competition - as used on the RNLI's London Boat Show stand Playing pool at Fleetwood Not quite what you expect - Jon Jones explains High Seas More lifeboat stations from the air Your letters How some of the RNLI's funds are raised List of launches 26 Deputy Head of Fundraising Georgette Purches visits some Irish lifeboat stations - and finds their hospitality much as she expected! 27 28 30 32 Reader's letters on all aspects of the lifeboat world Starting all over 33 Why the Atlantic's engines start 'on the button' after a capsize People and Places 34 Around and about the RNLI The Fundraisers 38 43 Station-by-station lifeboat launches for June and July 1998.