BooKs Sea stories – new writing from the National Maritime Museum Various writers This intriguing collection encompasses tales of the remote and wild coastal landscapes of Orkney and the west of Ireland, Mediterranean mysteries, an ill-fated expedition to ? nd the North West Passage, and more.

All the stories have been commissioned from an impressive line-up of contemporary UK and Irish authors and will keep you guessing so, if you’re a fan of short stories, this book comes highly recommended.

Published by the National Maritime Museum ISBN 9780948065804 Price £7.99 paperback Reader offer: RNLI supporters can get a special discount of 20% on the recommended retail price (plus postage) by ordering directly from the National Maritime Museum shop at www.nmm.ac.uk/shop or by calling 020 8312 6700 quoting reference SS01. This offer ends 31 March 2008. Nautical chart puzzles – Isles of Scilly, Poole Harbour, Falmouth Harbour and more Now here’s something to do on these long Winter evenings. Whether you like a challenging jigsaw or are fascinated by Admiralty charts, as used by mariners, these will remind you of the sea when you can’t be there in person. You will also get to know the various features quite well as you pit your wits against those tricky little cardboard shapes! These puzzles are not as dif? cult as they look – although you do need quite good eyesight to read some of the smaller details. Not books, but just as enthralling.

Only available from The Sea Chest Nautical Bookshop, Plymouth, on 01752 222012 or at www.seachest.co.uk.

Price £13.99 plus £3 postage The lifeboats story by Edward Wake-Walker Former RNLI Public Relations Director Edward Wake-Walker has used his extensive insider’s knowledge to write The lifeboats story. He chronicles the earliest lifeboats designed by Lionel Lukin and his contemporaries, through to today’s computerised Tamar class.

Lifeboats have come and gone: some have been tragically lost at sea with their crews, while others have come to a respectable retirement and been lovingly restored. From the rowing and sailing lifeboats through to steam and motorised craft, the author takes us along a touching and fascinating journey of lifeboats and their indomitable crews.

Published by Sutton Publishing ISBN 9780750948586 Price £8.99 hardback Available from the RNLI gift catalogue or at www.rnlishop.org.uk, plus postage. Lighthouses of England and Wales – a complete guide by Tony Denton and Nicholas Leach This illuminating (!) reference delves into the history and tradition of lighthouses, one of the earliest being that at Dover Castle and built in Roman times. The authors, both members of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society, have worked their way along the coastlines of England and Wales gathering information and taking beautiful photographs of all of the known lighthouses including the famous Eddystone, Spurn Point and Needles lights.

The centuries-old tradition of resident lighthouse keepers sadly ended in 1998 yet lighthouses remain architectural icons in their own right, conjuring up some of the most evocative of maritime images. They represent the drama of heavy seas breaking over lone beacons perched perilously on menacing coastlines, safeguarding mariners from danger.

Published by Landmark Publishing ISBN 9781843063193 Price £19.99 paperback (See the RNLI gift catalogue or www.rnlishop.org.uk for some handpainted 1:150 scale lighthouse models.) Left for dead The untold story of the tragic 1979 Fastnet Race by Nick Ward and Sinéad O’Brien Reviewed by Bethany Hope Left for dead is an uncomfortable read. It’s one man’s account of being caught in the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster. Nearly three decades later, after post-traumatic stress, the offi cial report, much press coverage and speculation, Nick Ward reveals how he was abandoned by his crew in a nightmare storm and how he lived to tell the tale.

Nick and co-writer Sinéad O’Brien tell you at the start who survives on the racing yacht Grimalkin and who perishes.

(It’s a gruesome hell, with only the body of Gerry Winks for company.) Although you know how the story ends, it’s still a gripping read. Nick’s enthusiasm for sailing and excitement at being part of the race is stirring stuff: ‘Hearing the boat’s beautifully straight bow, sharp as a knife, slice easily, effortlessly into the gentle chop was magic. I knew that sailing was something I could never get enough of, ever.’ His passion for sailing is only equalled by his desire to stay alive through his subsequent trial. It shows Nature at her best and worst, from ochre skies through to blood, bilge and broken bones. It’s a real page-turner. Here’s an extract from the book, the build up to the fi rst of many terrifying knockdowns: ‘ “Behind you … to port … look … LOOK!” Suddenly Matt and Dave were shouting and gesticulating manically with, if it were possible, an even greater sense of fear and urgency in their voices.

‘Mike and I looked behind us, slightly to port. An unusually large, unsynchronised wave was poised above us, its curling lip about 10 feet above our heads. At this time we were sur? ng along at a terrifying angle down the face of a breaker – as we bottomed out in the trough, we had no choice but to go with it. “HANG ON!” Gripping the tiller tightly, readying myself for the roar coming over my left shoulder, I heard Mike bellow to no one in particular: “Jesus Christ!” ‘The wave roared under us and lifted Grimalkin’s stern up. It wrenched the tiller from our hands and rendered the rudder useless. Grimalkin was out of control – the wave’s mass completely overtook us. I felt the straps of my harness tighten, and a huge gaping pit seemed to open in my stomach. As we began to tip over to a 45-degree angle, my harness tether jarred under pressure at its fullest extent. My attempts to cling to something, anything, failed. I was sucked from my seat and thrown through the air. Thoughts – quick and immediate, like electric shock – shot through my brain. Was this it?’ Throughout the book there is an underlying air of tension, and not just from the threat of the storm. Much of the intensity comes from the anger that Nick feels towards his fellow crew members who took the liferaft, leaving him and Gerry for dead. Although by the end of the book he does write that the three men were ‘blameless’, the bitterness he felt for years at being abandoned permeates every chapter.

This survival account is awesome yet, like Nick, we feel dissatisfi ed, left wanting answers from the crew who left him.

Published by A&C Black ISBN 9780713682816 Price: £16.99 hardbackUnless other ordering details are stated, all books reviewed are available from good bookshops and online from Amazon via the RNLI website at rnli.org.uk/amazon.

Amazon will donate a minimum of 5% of the value of all such orders to the RNLI (but you must access Amazon via the RNLI website and not go direct). Additional postage and packing charges may apply.

Offshore members will fi nd reviews of: Dee Caffari’s Against the ? ow, The wrong kind of snow by Antony Woodward and Robert Penn, and Through the French canals by David Jefferson in their accompanying supplement. LiFeBoAt LotterY Lifeboat Lottery Autumn winner Kirsten Ferguson said during her visit to Anstruther lifeboat station: ‘My husband and I are not sailors but I grew up in Denmark and recognise how important the sea is. You hope you will never need a lifeboat, but it is good to know they are there. I feel supporting the RNLI is the natural thing to do.’ Your chance to win! Your chance to win! First prize in the Spring 2008 Lifeboat Lottery is a Citroen C2 Cool 1.1i.

Second prize is a 7-night cruise to France and the Iberian peninsula, kindly provided by P&O Cruises. There are seven cash prizes from £500–£100. Tickets will be available to supporters on 22 January and earlier fundraising branches. If you don’t usually receive tickets and would like to, please call 0845 121 4999 or email [email protected].

(Please note that due to differing tax and gaming laws, lottery tickets are not available in the RoI or Northern Ireland.) Autumn 2007 winners 1st prize: Peugeot 107, Mrs K Ferguson, Edinburgh 2nd prize: Generously donated by Travelscope, 12-day cruise to the Baltic capitals, Mr C Edwards, Warrington 3rd prize: £500: Mrs S Newell, West Midlands 4th prize: £250: Mr PJ Sandaver, Kent Five prizes: £100 each, Mr CJ Hobden, East Sussex; Mrs M Collings, Chelmsford; Mr and Mrs K Nicholson, Lancashire; Mr H Waterman, Suffolk; Mr H Cunningham, Somerset. LAuncHes laUNCheS 3,112 LiFeBoAt AnD HovercrAFt LAuncHes JuLY–septeMBer 2007 12-32 14-17 17-26 on-####(12-##) Mersey class last built: 1993 refit cost: £190,000 on-####(14-##) trent class last built: 2003 refit cost: £220,000 on-####(16-##) tamar class introduced 2006 new cost: £2.6M on-####(17-##) severn class last built: 2004 refit cost: £290,000 ABERDEEN on-1248(17-24):Jul16, Aug15 D-536:Jul2,12,16,30,31, Sep4,23 ABERDOVEY B-758:Jul15,Aug4,5,12, 22(x2),24,26(x4),29 ABERSOCH B-790:Jul6,23,24,25,27,29, 30,Aug3(x2),5,8,12(x2),15,19, 23,27,29,30,Sep13,19,23 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Jul3,20,22(x2), Aug1,14,21,25,29 ACHILL ISLAND on-1240(14-28):Jul21, Aug4,15,Sep18 AITH on-1232(17-14):Sep26 ALDEBURGH on-1193(12-34):Jul9,23, Aug11,24(x2),Sep16 D-673:Jul20,Aug4,8,15,21 ALDERNEY on-1199(14-0):Jul4,10,25 D-551:Aug8,27 ANGLE on-1114(47-011): Jul12,16, Aug2,25,31,Sep8 D-638:Aug8,16,26,29 ANSTRUTHER on-1174(12-17):Jul8,11, 14(x2),17,18,22,26(x2),28, Aug9(x2),16(x2),31,Sep2, 9,11,20 D-667:Jul8,14,17, 18,23,26(x2),Aug16(x2),19, 31,Sep2,9,11 APPLEDORE on-1140(47-027): Aug3,5,6,12,13 B-742:Jul13,15,21,30, Aug1,5,6,10,11,12,20,28, Sep1,9,11 ARAN ISLANDS on-1269(17-38):Jul1,5,12, 16,24,25(x3),Aug5,12,20, 24,25,Sep21,22 ARBROATH on-1192(12-33):Jul10,16, 28,Aug13,17 D-621:Jul2,3,10,15,28,30 D-670:Aug13,17,21 ARRAN (LAMLASH) B-770:Jul8,15,23,Aug18, 19,Sep8,29 ARRANMORE on-1244(17-22):Jul1, 7(x2),10,11(x2),14,15,22, 26,29,30,31,Aug4,15,26, Sep27,30 ATLANTIC COLLEGE B-763:Aug12,23,24,29, Sep10 BALLYCOTTON on-1233(14-25):Jul9, Aug1,9,15,20,28,Sep11 BALLYGLASS on-1235(17-15):Aug30 BALTIMORE on-1122(47-017):Jul2,5, 20,22 on-1137(47-024):Jul31, Aug1,17,18 BANGOR B-805:Jul4,9,13,15,21, 22(x2),29,Aug4,14,19,28, Sep16,19,22 BARMOUTH on-1185(12-26):Aug28 D-678:Jul24,Aug9,17,19, 22(x2),Sep8,14,16(x2) BARRA ISLAND on-1230(17-12):Jul25,26, Aug3(x2) BARROW on-1117(47-01):Jul25,31, Aug10 D-567:Jul3,6,25,Aug1,27, 28,31,Sep1,21 BARRY DOCK BB-034:Aug24 on-1245(14-29):Jul6,22, 30(x2),Aug3,7,22,24(x2), Sep1,2,6,9,14 BEAUMARIS B-757:Jul1,7,9,15,16,19, 26,27(x3),29,Aug1 B-768:Aug3(x3),5(x2), 8(x2),12,15,20,24,26(x2), 27,Sep3,9,10,15,21 BEMBRIDGE on-1126(47-018):Jul1,11, 18,19,20,27,29,Aug6,11, 12(x2),23,24,25(x2), Sep21,23 D-649:Jul1,18,19,28, Aug5,11,16,Sep8(x2) BERWICK-UPON-TWEED on-1191(12-32):Sep26 D-639:Jul3,5,31,Aug1,26 BLACKPOOL B-773:Jul8,21,Aug19 D-508:Jul9,21,Aug19 D-558:Sep6 D-566:Jul8,9,Aug5,6(x2) BLYTH D-606:Jul12,15,29,30, Aug5,16,17,27,Sep12 BORTH D-635:Jul3,15,20,Aug2, 4(x2),14,24,27,Sep1 BRIDLINGTON on-1169(12-12):Jul31, Aug17 D-557:Jul4,12,17,29, Aug5(x3),8,17,20(x2), 25(x5),26,31(x2), Sep2,7,18,26 BRIGHTON B-737:Jul18(x2),28,29,30, Aug5,6(x4),11(x3),12,16, 19(x2),25,Sep1 B-757:Sep12 BROUGHTY FERRY on-1252(14-31):Jul14(x2), Jul20,24,25,28,Aug1,17, 24,Sep1,18,29 D-539:Jul1(x2),9,14(x2), 20,24,25,26,28,31,Aug1, Sep1(x2),18,29 BUCKIE on-1268(17-37):Jul14, 15(x2),22,Aug4(x2),5,8,9, 17,20(x2),Sep4,16,28 BUDE D-603:Aug6,9,13,16,26 BUNDORAN B-711:Jul4,15,Aug2,9, 19,20 B-792:Aug17,25,26 BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH B-733:Jul2,22,Aug5 BURNHAM-ON-SEA B-795:Jul22,Aug18,19, Sep8,9,22 D-664:Jul31,Aug3,15,18, 26,Sep8,9 BURRY PORT D-611:Aug10,11(x2), 13(x2), 22,26,28,30,Sep1,8,9,15(x2) D-615:Jul21,30 CALSHOT on-1155(47-037):Jul6,8, 15,17(x2),21,22,25,28(x2), Aug6,8,9,10(x4),12(x4),22, 24,29,Sep12,23,30 D-604:Jul15(x2),16,17(x2), 22(x2),30,Aug8,10(x3),26,28 D-609:Sep12,16,19,30 CAMPBELTOWN on-1241(17-19):Jul11,15, Aug4,19,Sep7,27 D-571:Aug9,19,20,Sep8,9 CARDIGAN B-752:Jul18,28,Aug1(x2), 3(x2),5,9,18(x2),20, 27(x2),Sep16 D-524:Aug3,26,29 CASTLETOWNBERE on-1277(17-44):Jul2, 24(x2),30,Aug4,Sep1,10 CHISWICK e-001:Aug10(x2),13,18 e-003:Jul1,8,11,12(x2),17, 18(x2),20(x2),21,22(x3),24, 29,31,Aug1(x2),2,26,28, Sep2,3,5,7(x2),14,15,16, 22,23(x2),26,29,30 e-006:Sep20(x2) CLACTON-ON-SEA B-744:Jul1(x2),7,14,18, Aug1,7,13,24(x2),26(x2), 31,Sep1,5,9 D-559:Jul7,26,31,Aug3, 15,26(x2),31,Sep15 CLEETHORPES D-618:Jul19,23,26(x3), 27(x2) D-625:Jul1,8,9,14 CLIFDEN B-724:Jul5,23,10,12,14, 15,17,20,Sep30 D-525:Jul5,6,12,14,17,21 D-679:Jul7,Aug22,Sep30 CLOGHER HEAD on-1190(12-31):Aug13, Sep27 CLOVELLY B-723:Jul22,23,26 B-759:Aug29 CONWY D-627:Jul7,9,14,18,27,28, Aug2,4(x2),11(x3),22(x2) D-675:Aug30,Sep10 COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR on-1205(14-07): Jul12,21,22 COURTOWN D-548:Jul1,26,29,Sep1 CRASTER D-542:Aug13,24(x2),25 CRICCIETH B-707:Jul7,8,19,22,31, Aug4,8(x2),19,21(x2),22, 28,30,Sep25,30 CROMER on-1162(12-004):Jul14, 30,Aug4,18(x2) D-509:Aug4,11,12 CROSSHAVEN B-782:Jul9,20,22,28, 30(x2),Aug3,6,11,21, Sep9,11 CULLERCOATS B-811:Jul1,2,14,18,19, 24,26,30,Aug1,4,7(x2), 9,14,16,Sep4,14,16, 20(x2),23 DOUGLAS on-1147(47-032):Jul4, Aug16 DOVER on-1220(17-09):Jul2,7,19 on-1279(17-46):Jul29,31, Aug19,21,26,Sep15,16,17 DUN LAOGHAIRE on-1204(14-06):Jul5(x2), 23,Aug6 D-565:Jul5,7,12,18 DUNBAR on-1207(14-09):Jul14,22, 26,13,26,Sep2,8,29 D-544:Jul15,31, Aug14,1,Sep8 DUNMORE EAST on-1215(14-17):Jul8, Aug4,19,22,Sep9,15,22 EASTBOURNE on-1178(12-21):Jul26, Aug2,4 on-1195(12-36):Jul5,11, Aug12,26,27,28, Sep9(x2),29,30 D-605:Jul5,8,19,22,26,30, Aug6,8,25(x2),27(x2), Sep9,17,29 ENNISKILLEN B-581:Jul7(x2),19,21,29, Aug19 B-591:Jul7,8,31,Aug4,25, Sep1,7(x2),14,15,23 EXMOUTH on-1210(14-12):Jul1 D-669:Jul1 EYEMOUTH on-1209(14-11):Jul17,31, Aug30,Sep2 FALMOUTH on-1256(17-29):Jul16, 23(x2),Aug 5,23,29,31, Sep15(x2),30 B-713:Aug18,22,23, 25,29,31 B-756:Jul3(x2),8,13(x2), 14(x2),23(x2),24,29,Aug2, 4,11(x2),15(x2),16, Sep7,13,30 FENIT on-1228(14-24):Aug2, 6(x2),7,11 on-1239(14-27): Aug24,Sep7 D-561:Jul8,23,31,Aug1,2, 6(x2),11,22,24,Sep17 FETHARD D-504:Jul22,Aug6,19,24 FILEY on-1170(12-13):Jul16,26 D-563:Jul3,7,18,27,Aug1, 16,17,19,29,Sep1,9,10,13 FISHGUARD on-1198(14-03):Jul27, Aug2,24,Sep17,23,26 D-640:Aug20,21,24,26, Sep17,23,25(x2) D-652:Jul18,19,20,Aug2 FLAMBOROUGH B-703:Jul14,28 B-820:Aug16,19,22,Sep1 FLEETWOOD on-1156(47-038):Jul24 D-501:Jul24,26 FLINT D-658:Jul 8,13,30,Aug4,11, 13,14,Sep11(x2),17,30 FOWEY on-1222(14-18):Aug4,5, 14(x2),16,18,19,21, 25,Sep5 D-526:Jul14,23,30(x2), 31,Aug1,3,14(x2),26, Sep5,13 FRASERBURGH on-1259(14-34):Jul6,2,6, 7,20,30,Sep12 GALWAY B-738:Jul4,13,14,31(x4), Aug16,23,Sep11,25 GIRVAN on-1148(12-11):Jul11,23, 30,Aug19,25 GRAVESEND e-001:Jul7(x2),11, 13(x2),14 e-002:Jul2,22(x2),27,31, Aug2,3(x2),5(x4),6,8,15, 19,29,Sep2,14,15(x2),16 GT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON on-1213(14-15):Jul3,6, Aug4,20,30,31 B-774:Jul24,27,Aug4,6,8, 12,20(x2),23,26,30(x2), Sep3,4(x2) B-786:Jul6,9,14,15(x2), Sep11,23,27 HAPPISBURGH D-607:Aug18,Sep23 HARTLEPOOL on-1274(14-37):Jul8, Aug1,5(x2),13(x2),17,29, Sep2 B-766:Jul8,10,11,18,22, Aug1(x2),5,13(x2),29(x2) HARWICH on-1202(17-03):Jul1, 9(x2),13,14,20,Aug12,30, Sep16 on-1237(17-17):Sep26 on-1278(17-45):Jul31, Aug3 B-789:Jul6,8,9,13,14,16, 20(x2),28,31,Aug1(x2),3, 6,8,12,16,18(x2),21,24,26, Sep9,10,14,15 HASTINGS on-1125(12-002):Jul22, Aug2,22,25,Sep16,18 D-540:Jul19,23,Aug2,3, 4,5,8,10,11,12,19,25(x2), Sep2,9,15,30 HAYLING ISLAND B-712:Jul11,18,Aug8(x2), 9,11,20,25,26(x2),29(x3), Sep2,16(x2),26,29 D-642:Jul11,Aug1,8(x2), 9,11,20,25,26(x2),29, Sep16,29 HELENSBURGH B-791:Jul8,14,21,23,28, 31,Aug2,11,18,19,22(x2), 23,26,Sep1,3(x2),7,17,18, 24,27 HELVICK HEAD B-760:Jul5,21,Aug14,15, 29,Sep8,24 HOLYHEAD on-1272(17-41):Jul16, Aug2,3,4(x2),5(x2),15,20, 21,31,Sep3 D-601:Jul10,14(x2),18, 21,27,28,Aug10,15,20,26, Sep2(x2) D-654:Sep22 HORTON AND PORT EYNON D-531:Jul9,27,30,Aug5,8, 15,19,25,26,27,28,29, Sep2,22 HOWTH on-1180(14-01):Jul5, Aug13(x2),25(x3), Sep16(x2) D-659:Jul3,5,6,13,18,23, 29,Aug7,13,23,24 HOYLAKE on-1163(12-005):Jul4,12, 28,Sep16 HUMBER on-1216(17-05):Sep23,26 on-1237(17-17):Jul1, 3(x2),23,24(x2),26,28, Aug8,17,25,26(x3),27, Sep2,16,23 HUNSTANTON B-713:Jul31 B-749:Sep2(x4),16 H-003:Jul29,Aug5,25 ILFRACOMBE on-1165(12-007):Jul2, 28,3 on-1187(12-28): Aug16(x2),26,27 D-555:Jul8,9,13,18,27, 30,Aug1(x2),4,6,7,8,9, 21(x2),23,27,Sep4 INVERGORDON on-1206(14-08):Jul8,15, 21,12,Aug16,Sep3,9,19 ISLAY on-1219(17-08):Jul12,16, 21,23,Aug9,15,Sep16 KESSOCK B-771:Jul15,27,Aug9,24, Sep14,23,28 KILKEEL B-812:Jul1,2,11,20, 22(x2),23,25,Aug22,27, Sep17 KILMORE QUAY on-1133(47-021):Jul14, 21,29(x2),Aug2(x3),11,13, 15,17,21,22,25,28(x2), Sep3,8 KINGHORN B-720:Jul1,4,6,7,9,24,28, 29(x2),30,31,Aug3,5,17, 19(x2),20(x2),26,29,31, Sep6,17,20,29(x2) KINSALE B-796:Jul11,12,22, Sep9,18 KIPPFORD D-528:Jul28,Aug8,15 D-553:Sep22 KIRKCUDBRIGHT B-814:Aug31,Sep22 KIRKWALL on-1231(17-13):Jul23, Aug29,Sep5 KYLE OF LOCHALSH B-740:Jul 3,Sep5, Sep12(x2),13 LARGS B-739:Jul5,14,21,Aug16, 17,19,23,24,27,29, Sep2,3(x2) LARNE on-1246(14-30):Jul30, Sep16,20,21 D-646: Jul 29,Aug 2 LERWICK on-1221(17-10):Aug30, Sep8 on-1263(17-34):Jul9,22 LITTLE AND BROAD HAVEN D-628:Jul14,15,26,29,30, Aug2,5,7,13,24,26,8 LITTLEHAMPTON B-779:Jul5,7,11,18,20, Aug4,5(x2),6(x2),9,10,11, 15,16,18,30,Sep2,8,9,11 D-631:Jul5,18,20,29, Aug11,27,Sep8,10,11 LITTLESTONE-ON-SEA B-785:Jul1,5,7,31,Aug2, 11,26,27(x2),Sep14 LLANDUDNO on-1164(12-006):Jul9(x2), 28,Aug5,11(x2),12 D-656:Jul2,4,13,22,12, 15,18 LOCHINVER on-1271(17-40):Jul3,16, Aug4,5,28,Sep2,5 LONGHOPE on-1284(16-05):Aug11 LOOE B-793:Aug2,3,4,8,16,20, 21,22(x2),23,25,Sep2,10 D-574:Jul31,Aug4,Sep5 LOUGH DERG B-586:Jul15 B-705:Aug2,3,11,Sep9,15 LOUGH SWILLY on-1142(47-029):Jul29,30 B-717:Jul8,14,22,24 B-819:Sep2,12,14 LOWESTOFT on-1112(47-010):Sep30 on-1132(47-020):Jul4,10, 13,14,17,19,23,24,Aug6 LYME REGIS B-722:Aug5,8(x2),12(x3), Sep7(x2),11,25 B-741:Jul14(x3),29 LYMINGTON B-784:Jul7(x2),15(x3),16, 21(x2),24,25,30(x3), Aug6(x2),10,11,16,17(x2), 26,27,28,Sep1,2,9,15, 16(x3) LYTHAM ST ANNES on-1184(12-25):Sep18 on-1189(12-30): Jul1,Aug17 D-657:Jul1(x2),3,8,29(x2), Aug17(x2),26(x4),31,Sep7 MABLETHORPE D-660:Aug4 MACDUFF B-804:Jul23,Aug13,16 B-815:Sep24 MALLAIG on-1250(17-26):Jul11,27, Aug4(x2),20,21,Sep4,13,19 MARGATE on-1177(12-20):Jul15,23, 28,Aug2,5,14,20 D-503:Jul21,25,J28,Aug5, Sep8,16 D-545:Jul19 MINEHEAD B-708:Jul2,17,Aug1,2, 5,29 D-549:Jul17,2,5,12 MOELFRE on-1116(47-013): Jul25(x2),31,Aug24,25, Sep29 D-532:Jul2,12,25(x4), 31(x2),Aug7,11,14,20,25 MONTROSE on-1138(47-025):Aug17 on-1152(47-034):Aug4 D-626:Aug4,17,22 MORECAMBE D-530:Sep16 D-564:Jul1,22(x2),25,9,10 H-002:Jul1,22(x4),25,28, Aug7,8,9,Sep13 MUDEFORD B-806:Jul10,11,12,20, 21(x2),24,26,27,28,30, 31(x2),Aug3,4,10,11, 12(x2),15,18(x3),19, Sep16,20,23 B-810:Aug26(x4),Sep2 NEW BRIGHTON B-721:Jul9,17,26,29, Aug3,16,19,26,29, Sep8,9,15,16(x2) B-723:Sep30(x2) H-001:Aug1 H-005:Aug27,Sep6,9,20 NEW QUAY (CARDIGANSHIRE) on-1172(12-15):Aug21, 26,Sep24,27 D-616:Aug21,22,26, Sep3,24 D-655:Jul12(x2),17 NEWBIGGIN B-745:Jul8,14 B-754:Aug16,Sep2 NEWCASTLE on-1188(12-29):Jul8,26, Aug26,Sep13 D-637:Aug4,26,Sep2,13 NEWHAVEN on-1243(17-21):Jul2, 8(x2),9,17,22,28,Aug4,5, 12(x2),16,26,27(x2),31, Sep1(x2),2,5,9,16 NEWQUAY (CORNWALL) B-715:Jul2(x2),12,18,26, 28,Aug4(x2) B-717:Aug8,12(x2),13, 15(x3),20,25,28(x2), Sep14,24 D-636:Jul2,12,15,18(x2), 28,31,Aug4,5,12(x2),13, 15(x2),28(x2),Sep24 NORTH BERWICK D-619:Jul29,30,Aug1,3,19 OBAN on-1227(14-23):Jul6,7,8, 24,27(x2),29,31,Aug1,8, 9(x3),30(x2),31,Sep6,9, 10,13,15,16,23 ON PASSAGE on-1122(47-017):Jul28 on-1216(17-05):Sep18 PADSTOW on-1283(16-04):Jul2(x2), 15(x2),22,Aug3,20,25, Sep14,18 PEEL on-1184(12-25):Jul16,18, Aug13 PENARTH B-725:Jul26,Aug1,10,27, Sep22,26 D-534:Jul19,25,Aug1,12, 27,Sep15,25 PENLEE on-1265(17-36):Jul1, Aug2,7,23,Sep5,18,20 B-787:Jul8,21,24,Aug1, 11,14,21,24,Sep3,5,26 PETERHEAD on-1282(16-03):Jul13,19, Aug12,20,Sep15 PLYMOUTH on-1264(17-35):Jul16, 20(x2),31(x2),Aug2,3, 5, 11,13,22,Sep21,23,29,30 B-775:Jul20,31,Aug1(x2), 2,6,9,22,Sep4,11,19,21,22,23 POOLE on-1131(47-023):Jul19, 23,25,26,Aug4,8,11(x3), Sep11,18 B-710:Jul15,23,25,27, Aug3,8,9,10,20,22,25,27, Sep4,11,18,24 PORT ERIN B-813:Jul4,6,Aug25,27, Sep14(x2) PORT ISAAC D-546:Aug16 PORT ST MARY on-1225(14-21):Jul4,5 on-1234(14-26):Jul27,28, Aug11,Sep14,18 D-575:Aug15 PORT TALBOT D-550:Jul22,Aug22,Sep2 PORTAFERRY B-706:Jul7 B-762:Jul26,28,Aug14, 22,Sep5,17 PORTHCAWL B-726:Jul1,8,18(x2),19, 27,28,29,Aug1,5(x2),12(x2), 27(x2),29(x2),Sep10 47-026 B-710 D-570 E-002 RNLI H-003 e-### e class last built: 2002 refit cost: £60,000 on-####(47-###) tyne class last built: 1990 refit cost: £220,000 B-### B class Atlantic 21,75 or 85 new cost: £135,000 D-### D class new cost: £29,000 H-### inshore rescue hovercraft new cost: £175,000 PORTHDINLLAEN on-1120(47-015):Jul24, Aug4,7,11,26,Sep2,3,8,23 PORTPATRICK on-1151(47-033):Jul21, Aug5,15,20,Sep29 PORTREE on-1214(14-16):Jul18,23, 30(x2),Sep14,18 PORTRUSH on-1247(17-23):Aug17,27 D-572:Jul9,15,22,27,28, Aug4,23,27,Sep16,23,27 PORTSMOUTH B-718:Jul3,7,8,14,15,17, 18,19,24,30,Aug1,7(x3), 8,12(x3),14,17,18(x2),22, 29,Sep2,9,15,16(x2), 19(x2),23,30 D-554:Jul30(x2), Aug7,11,Sep30 PWLLHELI on-1168(12-010): Aug30,31 D-522:Jul14,Aug1 D-676:Aug23,31,Sep30 QUEENSFERRY B-735:Jul15,18(x2),24, 28(x3),29,Aug7,13,19,20, 23,24,26,29,Sep22 RAMSEY on-1171(12-14):Aug24 RAMSGATE on-1197(14-02):Jul11, Aug7,9,12,25,26,Sep16,28 B-765:Jul6,8,12,19, 24(x2),29,Aug4,8,12, 25(x2),Sep2,8,11,12,14,15 Xp-28:Sep15 RED BAY B-728:Jul12,30(x2), Aug11,20,24,Sep16 REDCAR B-777:Jul15(2),Aug5,17, 19,26,28,Sep5,15,22(x2) D-516:Jul15(x2) D-677:Aug17,Sep22 RHYL on-1183(12-24):Jul1,22, Aug1,3(x2),12,Sep28 D-604:Sep29 D-632:Jul1,8(x2),17(x2), 23(x2),31(x2),Aug1,3(x2), 4,5,7,9,10,11,12(x3),14, 22(x4),26 ROCK D-634:Jul17(x2) D-665:Aug6,20,25,26, Sep29 ROSSLARE HARBOUR on-1276(17-43):Jul12, Aug2,6,13,Sep4 RYE HARBOUR B-727:Jul12,Aug5,21, 26(x2),Sep8 SALCOMBE on-1130(47-022):Jul5,8, 9,Aug3,14(x3),Sep20,27 B-769:Jul9,26,29,31, Aug4,6,21,30,Sep2,16,26 SCARBOROUGH on-1175(12-18):Jul27 D-515:Jul27,Aug5(x2),24, Sep1,9,15 SEAHOUSES on-1173(12-16):Jul14,29, Sep5,11,17 D-529:Jul7,14(x2),29, Aug3,12,27,31,Sep5,8,9 SELSEY on-1146(47-031):Jul8, Aug8,10,26 D-533:Jul29,31(x2), Aug5(x3),10,17,25,27, Sep16,17 SENNEN COVE on-1121(47-016):Jul26, Aug4,7,29,Sep2,10 D-624:Aug7,Sep1,2 SHEERNESS on-1211(14-13):Jul25,26, Aug3,6,12,25(x2),Sep2,15 D-662:Jul3,15,21(x2),22, 29,Aug5,7,8,9(x2),12,15, 18,26,Sep2,4 SHERINGHAM B-818:Jul29,Aug4,6,14, 18,29 SHOREHAM HARBOUR on-1115(47-012):Sep2,3, 10,18 on-1158(47-040):Jul11, 21,28,Aug4,6,13,21 D-647:Jul3,21,31, Aug4(x3),5,8,11,12,18, 25,26,Sep11 SILLOTH B-714:Jul31,Aug8,Sep1 SKEGNESS on-1166(12-008): Jul11(x2),14,19,Aug5(x2), 15,16,24 D-573:Jul7(x2),14,26, 27(x2),28,Aug1,3,5(x3), 11,12,14,18(x2),24(x2), 25,30(x2),31,Sep22 SKERRIES B-747:Sep2,17,23 B-792:Jul24,Aug3,9,12 SLIGO BAY B-781:Jul5(x2),5,27,Sep1 SOUTH BROADS D-492:Aug6,14,25 Xp-42:Aug6,25,30 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA B-776:Jul1,7(x2),15, 21(x2),29,Aug5(x2),18,25 D-527:Jul1(x2),29(x2), Aug4,5,11,25, 27(x2) D-633:Jul6(x2),10,Aug4, 5,6(x2),11,13,14,16,26 H-004:Jul2,9(x2),10,15, 29,31,Aug7,8 H-006:Aug25,26,27(x3) SOUTHWOLD B-753: Jul 7,Jul 14, Aug 17 ST ABBS B-783:Sep2,15 ST AGNES D-625:Sep12 D-630:Jul16,18,Aug12,19 ST BEES B-719:Aug22 ST CATHERINE B-772:Jul24,Aug4(x2),12, 13,26,Sep2,30 ST DAVIDS on-1139(47-026):Jul4,20, 24,Aug12,19,25,29, Sep8(x2) D-543:Jul4,8,14(x2),29, Aug8(x2),9,13,25,29 ST HELIER on-1157(47-039):Jul5, Aug8,Sep2,21,29(x2) B-802:Sep6 B-816:Jul16,31,Aug10 ST IVES on-1167(12-009):Jul3,5, 26,Aug4,Sep10 D-668:Jul5,17,26,28, Aug4,5,20,Sep13,20 ST MARY’S on-1229(17-11):Aug12, 26,Sep20 on-1260(17-31): Jul26,27,30 ST PETER PORT on-1203(17-04):Jul14,15, 16,22,25,31,Aug11, 16(x2),20 on-1260(17-31):Sep27 STAITHES AND RUNSWICK B-757:Aug26(x2),Sep6 B-788:Jul16,28,Aug5,19 STORNOWAY on-1238(17-18):Jul5, Aug27,Sep1 STRANRAER D-519:Aug3,16,17,30 STROMNESS on-1236(17-16):Jul11, 18,Aug4 on-1263(17-34): Aug19,Sep23 SUNDERLAND B-817:Jul7,8(x2),13,15, 24(x2),29(x2),Aug8,12(x2), 20,23,24,26(x2),Sep4,10, 15,16(x2), 23 D-608:Jul13,28,29(x2), Aug6,Sep7 SWANAGE on-1182(12-23):Jul23,30, Aug2,6,7,10,20,26,29(x2) D-613:Jul6,7,23,29,30, Aug2,6,10,21,25,Sep15,16 TEDDINGTON D-648:Jul2,8(x2),11 TEIGNMOUTH B-809:Jul1(x2),4,5,7, 8(x2),14,17,20,24(x2), Aug4,11(x2),15,21,23,25, 27(x2),Sep2 TENBY on-1281(16-02):Jul4,30, Aug16, 22 D-562:Jul2,22(x2),6(x2), 9(x2),11,14,15,16,22(x3) THE LIZARD on-1145(47-030):Jul13, Aug17,26 THE MUMBLES on-1127(47-019): Jul2,4,28,Aug5,11,25,30, Sep4,28 D-623:Jul8,14,28,29(x2), 30,31,Aug3,6(x2),19(x3), Sep3,4 D-645:Sep9(x2),13,15,28 THURSO on-1273(17-42):Aug2, Sep12,18 TIGHNABRUAICH B-743:Jul10,12,14,23,25, Aug12 TOBERMORY on-1257(17-30):Jul5,20, 21,24,30 on-1270(17-39):Aug5,9, 11,27,Sep2,7,29 TORBAY on-1255(17-28):Jul6,16, 20,26,Aug3,7(x2),11,14, 18,20,23,29,Sep1,11, 20(x2),29 on-1279(17-46):Jul6 D-602:Jul7,17,18,20, 24(x2),26,30,Aug3,8,10, 12,14,21,27,Sep4 D-651:Sep6,8(x2),9,10, 11,20,23,28,29 TOWER PIER e-001:Sep21 e-004:Jul3(x3),6,9,11, 13(x3),16(x2),17(x2), 22(x3),23,24(x2),27,Aug1(x2), 2,4(x5),5(x4), 6,Sep3 e-005:Aug10,13,15,16,21, 24,25(x2),26, 28(x2),Sep1, 5,6,7,8,9(x2),10,11(x3), 12(x2),13,14,16,17,18, 20(x2),22,23,24(x2),26, 27(x2),29 e-006:Sep4 TREARDDUR BAY B-731:Jul2,8,13,15 D-620:Jul2,8,15 TROON on-1275(14-38):Jul2,15, 22,Aug9,11,14,24,Sep3,8 D-506:Jul2,15,21,Aug11, 14,Sep9 TYNEMOUTH on-1242(17-20):Jul11,14, 16,29(x2),Aug6,7,8,25(x2), 26,29,Sep14 D-513:Jul8(x2),14,31, Aug3,6,12,14 D-535:Aug26,27,29, Sep5,8,15,17 VALENTIA on-1218(17-07):Jul4, 13(x2),14,15(x2),Aug4,5,9 WALMER B-808:Jul9,17,Aug8,9, 12,26 D-663:Jul9,17,Aug12,19 WALTON AND FRINTON on-1112(47-010):Jul1,14, 24(x2), Aug1,4,8,27,29,Sep3,5 on-1154(47-036):Sep26 WELLS on-1161(12-003):Aug29 D-661:Jul8,23,29,Aug5, 10,11,12,13,14,26,27(x4), 31,Sep4,8(x5),9,17,29 WEST KIRBY D-610:Jul14,18,31,Aug1 D-612:Aug5,11,23,Sep13 WEST MERSEA B-761:Jul14,17,18,21,29, 31(x2),Aug5,12(x2),13, 18(x2),26,31,Sep1,2(x2), 4,15,16,23,30 WESTON-SUPER-MARE B-736:Jul8,Aug5(x2), Sep2,8,29 D-537:Jul8,Aug2,3,5, Sep8,29 WEXFORD D-644:Aug19,22,25, Sep22 WEYMOUTH on-1201(17-02):Jul5,7, 11(x3),14,17,21(x2),22, 30,Aug1,9,11,13,18,21, 22,24,25,28,29,31(x3), Sep2,10,16(x4),25 B-746:Jul5,6,12,14,17, 22,30,Aug5(x3),10,11,13, 14,15,22,23,24,25(x2), 31(x2),Sep2,3,10,11(x2), 16(x2),30 WHITBY on-1212(14-14):Aug29, Sep5,15 on-1266(14-35):Jul8,19, Aug7,19,26 BB-013:Jul30 D-512:Sep7 D-674:Jul14,17,Aug19,28 WHITSTABLE B-764:Jul1(x3),7(x3),8, 15(x2),16,25(x2),27,29,30, Aug2,3(x4),4,5(x2),11, 12(x3),13(x2),14,15, 18(x3),20(x2),5(x2),26(x2), 27,28,Sep2(x2),14 WICK on-1224(14-20):Jul8,9,28, Aug21,Sep1,11 WICKLOW on-1153(47-035):Jul5,21, 28,Aug3,Sep11 D-671:Jul28,3,5(x3),Sep1 WITHERNSEA D-541:Aug5,12(x2) WORKINGTON on-1141(47-028):Jul18, 20,31,Aug21,29 D-629:Aug8(x2) YARMOUTH on-1249(17-25):Jul2,19, 20,24,Aug11,22,28(x2), Sep7,8,30 YOUGHAL B-780:Jul12,16,18,24(x2), Aug1,6,19,26,Sep8(x2) New lifeBOat StatiON Dart lifeboat station was formally established by the rNli’s trustee Committee on 7 November 2007. See the previous issue of the Lifeboat for more information. NamiNg CeremONieS B-812, Frank William Walton, Kilkeel, 22 September 2007 B-817, Wolseley, Sunderland lifeboat station, 8 September 2007 ON StatiON D-679, Gráinne Uaile, Clifden, 22 august 2007 (D-535 has been withdrawn) D-676, Leslie and Peter Downes, Pwllheli, 22 august 2007 (D-522 has been withdrawn) D-681, Olive Two, fowey, 28 September 2007 (D-526 has been withdrawn) B-822, Spirit of Friendship, aberystwyth, 17 October 2007 (B-704 has been withdrawn) the services listed here are those for which returns had been received at rnLi Headquarters and processed up until 1 october 2007. tHen AnD noW First-c lass service The RNLI has been an eyecatching subject for portrayal on stamps for decades. Here is small selection from the past and a preview of a new set of stamps due to be issued on 13 March. you can order from an exclusive range of ? rst-day covers that will bene? t the rNli memorial and garden fund (see pages 7 and 9) by contacting Buckingham Covers on 01303 278137 or by email [email protected].

rNli (enterprises) ltd (which pays all its taxable pro? ts to the rNli, a charity registered in england, Scotland and republic of ireland) will receive a minimum of £1 from each sale but the rNli will bene? t signi? cantly more from sales to readers of the Lifeboat – please remember to quote ‘lifeboat’ when ordering.

See www.buckinghamcovers.com for more information. TOP ROW (left to right) • Ninth international lifeboat conference in Edinburgh (1963) • Alderney’s Waveney class Louise Marchesi of Round Table (19 93) • One of a Guernsey set marking 175 years of the RNLI (19 9 9) MIDDLE ROW • Exclusive to Lundy marking the RNLI’s ‘sesqui-centenary’ (1974) • Rescues from 100 years of the RNLI in Jersey (1984) • Ballycotton’s 1936 service to the Daunt light vessel (1974) BOTTOM ROW • RNLI-themed stamp from the UK’s Safety at sea series (1985)• 150th anniversary from the birthplace of the RNLI (1974) • One of six new UK designs under the Rescue at sea theme and showing the RNLI and Coastguard in action, to be issued in March (2008).

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