In this issue News Letters Feature Lifeboats on the Thames Lifeboats move into the big city with the establishment of four new stations on the River Thames Lifeboats in action Award-winning rescues - including an account of four people snatched to safety as their yacht is destroyed in heavy surf and the exhausting rescue of three different yachts in the space of an hour.

The Crew 8 10 14 27 Feature Keeping it covered 28 The UK and Republic of Ireland have some 8,850 miles of coastline - how does the RNLI keep it all covered? Feature Building into the millennium 32 Shoreworks manager Howard Richings nears the end of his journey around RNLI boathouses in his penultimate article in the series Fundraising 36 How some of the money is raised including a feature on exciting fun run events.

Listings Central pull-out section.