Your chance to win The star prize for the winter 2004 Lifeboat Lottery is a 12-day St Petersburg and Baltic capitals cruise for two aboard the MVVan Gogh. The prize is kindly sponsored byTravelscope and tickets are available from 18 October 2004.

The summer 2004 Lifeboat Lottery raised a fantastic £326,318 - the equivalent of two hovercraft and two D class lifeboats.

Thank you to everybody who supported the draw.

Congratulations go to Mrs Cowell from Kent who scooped first prize, a 13-night Caribbean cruise for two. A delighted Mrs Cowell said: 'I never imagined when I entered the Lifeboat Lottery that I would end up winning this trip.' Thanks go to The Royal Bank of Scotland who kindly donated the prize. The Royal Bank of Scotland has supported the RNLI for many years through the issue of the Lifeboats MasterCard which has generated more than £1M to date (see page 28).Congratulations also to cash prize winners: Mr and Mrs RJ Marshall, Cleveland - second prize £1,000; Mrs HB Boothman, Lancashire - third prize £500; and Mr K Wilson and Miss E Errington, Leicestershire - fourth prize £250. Mr and Mrs Mj Frost, Hertfordshire; Mrs Fitzgerald, East Sussex; MrT Bellis, Hampshire; Miss JC Richie, Suffolk; and Miss E Williams, London all won £100 each.

If you currently do not receive tickets and would like to, please contact Pauline Teivas-White on 01202 663219 or [email protected]..