We are pleased to announce that our annual Autumn Show will be held at the Three Rivers Hotel and Spa on Saturday October 24th 2012. As usual we have free food provided by the Three Rivers who have been great supporters of the lifeboat over the years. We will also have musical entertainment from Marc …
Visit by Jonathan Edwards MP
Sunday 21st October 2012 saw Mr. Jonathan Edwards MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. We were very pleased to be able to show Mr. Edwards the work that we do here in Ferryside and we thank him for the support that he has offered us. Mr. Edwards later tweeted “Profiad bythgofiadwy ar bad achub glanyfferi …
Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication of the Ferryside Lifeboat
Saturday the 1st September 2012 saw the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Ferryside Lifeboat. The service dedications were led by the Regional Chaplain of Carmarthenshire St. John Cymru assisted by the Reverend Phillip Jones. Mr. Dan Clayton-Jones OBE, Prior of St. John Cymru opened proceedings with the national anthems. Mr. Brian Hilling, …
Big Swim 2012
Saturday 11th August, one of the few that’s felt like a real summer day, saw the successful completion of another ‘Big Swim’ to Llansteffan and back in support of the Ferryside Lifeboat. This is a serious and challenging open water swim event covering a distance of 2 kilometers and marked out by 3 buoys across …
Ferryside Lifeboat Official Naming Ceremony
St John Wales’ Ferryside lifeboat will be officially named at a dedication service on Saturday September 1. The inshore lifeboat will be named ‘The Freemason’ after the Freemasons Grand Council Charity funded the vessel with a £50,000 donation. St John Wales’ Prior, Dan Clayton-Jones, will officially dedicate the boat at the ceremony talking place at …
A small piece of history… and Dylan Thomas
The following is an excerpt from a website written by David Thomas and reproduced with his kind permission. We hope to have some pictures to post soon but are awaiting clearance form the copyright owners. If you would like to read the full story you can read it on David’s excellent website about Dylan Thomas …
June Round Up
Apologies for not updating the website sooner but we’ve had a hectic few weeks. June has proved to be an exciting month despite the awful weather. We started with the annual Garden Crawl on the 24th June. The weather just about held out for everybody and we we’re really pleased to see so many people …
Ferryside Lifeboat Needs You
It’s nice to see the weather warming up a bit and on the odd day we’ve even seen a bit of sun! As Summer approaches we get a lot busier with events, fundraisers, and those that help others. We also see an increase in the number of times that the lifeboat is called upon. We …
Old Lifeboat “Blundell” For Sale
FOR SALE The now retired; Ferryside Lifeboat Purchased 2001. Professional Series Ribcraft 5.85m. Twin 60HP Mariner engines, Low Hours, Maintained to the highest standards, Purchased 2003. All extras expected on a retired Lifeboat. Tubes and Hull in excellent condition (housed inside until retirement). One owner & LOTS of history. Sale to include launch trailer, plus …
May 2012 Roundup
Many Thanks to all those who turned up yesterday for the annual Ferryside Strongman competition, and especially a big thanks to Jacko who once again organised everything and made it such a big success. As usual the crew put up a contestant. This year we fielded two contestants working together to try and match the …
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hi everyone! Just to let all our followers know that the Coracle Theatre Project will be holding a production of Midsummer Night’s Dream in Ferryside on April 15th in aid of Ferryside Lifeboat. Performance will start at 2pm on the Foreshore and will be free to attend (with suggested donations to the lifeboat of £2 …
Ferryside Lifeboat Old and New
Here are a few shots of the New Ferryside Lifeboat ‘The Freemason’ next to the old Lifeboat ‘Blundell’ after a recent training session. Although the only difference in size is an extra 60cm length on The Freemason she looks like a much bigger boat. We are in the process of finalising a few fundraising events …
March Update
We’re pleased to announce that 2012 has proved to be a quiet year so far. The Ferryside Lifeboat has not been called out on an emergency rescue yet but we’re conscious that as the weather improves, more and more people will be out on the water. As we look towards April we know that the …
Ferryside Lifeboat Big Swim 2012 Application Pack
We have uploaded the application pack for the Ferryside Lifeboat Big Swim. Please feel free to download it from here. Hope to see you on the day. If you have any further questions then please feel free to email us or to contact James Littlejohns (telephone number in the pack). Swimmers info and application pack …
Fundraising night in Meidrim 17th February
We are very pleased to announce that there will be a fundraising Bingo night in the Fountain pub in Meidrim, near St. Clears, on Friday 17th February. Some of the crew will be there trying to win the jackpot and we hope to see you there. Not many people may realise that the Ferryside Lifeboat …