A very successful meeting was held yesterday between Ribcraft and the crew of Ferryside Lifeboat. The layout for the gauges has been set and the decision was taken to go for twin four stroke Suzuki 90 HP engines. We can also announce that the boat will take centre stage on Ribcraft’s stand at this years …
1935 – Edward, Prince of Wales honours the Mumbles and Ferryside Lifeboat services
1935 – Edward, Prince of Wales honours the Mumbles Lifeboat one hundred years of lifeboat work. Ferryside station also recognised. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has awarded Vellums to two lifeboat stations in Wales, The Mumbles and Ferryside, in honour of the fact that they have been in existence for one hundred years. The vellums …
Big Swim News
The 2nd Annual Big Swim is coming up on the 6th August. The 3Km swim is from Ferryside to Llansteffan and back and will start at 11.00am from the foreshore. We are expecting plenty of people to show up and we have now arranged for extra entertainment, we will have bands all day and plenty of …
Mr. Edwin William Jones
The following is an obituary for a Mr Edwin William Jones, Sea Pilot and Second Coxswain of Ferryside Lifeboat, who died tragically at sea off what is now known as Scotts Bay in February 1910. Thus demonstrating the extremely dangerous nature of the modern day crews working environment. The crew wish to pay homage to …
HM Coastguard Thanks Ferryside
The following letter was recently received by the crew at Ferryside and goes to demonstrate the good work and value we, and our fellow independent crews, add the UK’s Search and Rescue capabilities.
23rd Garden Crawl
23rd Annual Garden Crawl Sunday 17th July 2011 1.00pm to 5.00pm Last year we celebrated the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the first lifeboat at Ferryside in 1835: one of the very first lifeboats in Britain. The RNLI began the service to assist vessels using the thriving port of Carmarthen, but the eventual decline …
Carmarthen Annual Raft Race 2011
The Ferryside Lifeboat will be present at this year’s annual Raft Race at Carmarthen Quay on Saturday and Sunday 9th and 10th July. We will be bringing the boat up on Saturday between 12.30 and 1.30pm. On Sunday we will be giving a demonstration of the boat before providing safety cover for the race between …
Progress on the new lifeboat
Work on Ferryside’s new Lifeboat is progressing well. As you can see from the photos the hull is now nearly three quarters finished. When this is complete the console and deck (also very nearly complete) will be bonded to the hull section to form a recognisable hull. Very shortly the crew will be travelling to …
Do you have any knowledge of the Lifeboat’s History?
The crew of Ferryside Lifeboat are trying to establish a more detailed picture of the station’s history and past rescues. While we are in possession of a certificate proving our claim to 175 years history, and we have a number of pictures of past boats, we unfortunately do not have much more than these few …
Online Donations
A very big ‘Thank You’ to all of you who have donated money to the lifeboat via the new ‘PayPal Donate’ button on the website. This is greatly appreciated, especially at this time where we have considerable costs in purchasing the new boat and additional running costs. If you would like us to put your …
Glastonferry Round Up
Many Thanks to all those who turned out for Glastonferry 2011, especially as the weather turned out to be awful again on the day! There seems to be a running theme this year… lifeboat fundraising and rain. We managed to raise a considerable sum of money on the day for the lifeboat, with every penny …
Thanks to all our supporters
A big thank you to everyone who showed up over the past two weekends to the Ferryside garden crawl and the Gelli Aur game fair and contributed so much. We are extremely grateful to you for the hundreds of pounds raised towards the new lifeboat. This is especially great considering the awful weather we had. …
GlastonFerry 2011
25th June 2011 – Ferryside Sports and Social Club Like most good ideas, the origins of GlastonFerry are linked to a conversation amongst friends in a pub. The occasion was the spring of 2008 when crew members of the Ferryside Lifeboat, after an evening’s training, met up with some of the Ferryside Lifeboat Association …
The New Lifeboat
Ferryside and its new lifeboat. Presenting a history all the way back to 1835, the lifeboat in Ferryside is very much part of the fabric of the community and the people of Ferryside are rightly proud of that long history. Down through those years the people have been served by a succession of vessels, all …
Ferryside Garden Crawl 2011
22nd GARDEN CRAWL in aid of the Ferryside Inshore Lifeboat St John Ambulance’s only water-based division Sunday 12 June 2011 2 -6 pm pm Dear Garden Crawler THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR LIFEBOAT Your contribution to this annual event is greatly appreciated. Every penny raised goes directly towards equipment, training and general running …