A FRENCH yacht was left drifting five miles north-east of Sark on Saturday after strong winds broke the vessel’s mast.

THE lifeboat was called out yesterday afternoon when a Portsmouth-registered yacht ran into trouble six miles off St Martin’s Point.

A DARING rescue by the crew of the St Peter Port lifeboat has been recalled 30 years on by a national newspaper.

LIFEBOAT coxswain Anthony ‘Buz’ White received an MBE for his services to maritime charities from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

FIVE people were rescued by Alderney’s lifeboat after their motor cruiser caught fire seven miles north of the island.

LIFEBOAT crew members act as heroes for the local community, the harbour master has said.

A FRENCH sailor is missing, presumed dead, after a boat was discovered adrift near Pleinmont.

TRIBUTES have been paid to the ‘irreplaceable’ former lifeboat coxswain and harbour master Captain John Petit, who died on Wednesday.

FIVE French fishermen were rescued of Alderney early this morning.

THE St Peter Port lifeboat’s new five-bladed propellers will give a smoother ride to its crew and those they rescue.