BELFAST Coastguard requested the launch of the Saxon at 12.43pm on Saturday after reports from a member of the public on the town's Warren Road, that a yacht seemed to be in difficulty off the Copelands. Continue reading →
THE Mayor of Ards and North Down, Deborah Girvan, is accustomed to the stormy waters of local politics but on Sunday morning the alderman proved she also has the sea legs for Lifeboat work. Continue reading →
DONAGHADEE'S RNLI Lifeboat was launched to assist a 15-foot Dory, with two people on board, after its engine failed approximately a mile north of Ballywalter. Continue reading →
IT was a fine and calm summer's evening when the Rigid Inflatable Boat with five aboard set off from Scotland for Bangor in Northern Ireland but the pleasant evening passage could have turned into a nightmare... Continue reading →
THE Saxon and crew were back in action today after a yacht with five people aboard struck rocks at the South Briggs Buoy in the Copeland Sound. Continue reading →
DONAGHADEE’s RNLI Lifeboat Saxon put to sea three times in 24 hours during a busy weekend keeping aircraft passengers and pleasure sailors safe around the north Down coast. Continue reading →
DONAGHADEE's All Weather Lifeboat Saxon was launched on Sunday evening, July 10, in response to a man overboard alert in Ballyhalbert. Continue reading →
