Rye Raft Race Draws the Bank Holiday Crowds Rye and District Lions were delighted with the huge crowd of spectators that turned out to watch their 32nd Annual Rye Raft Race on Sunday. Despite many other attractions on a Bank Holiday weekend the public from Rye and its surrounding area supported the event in record numbers, an estimated 5,000.
Category: Marine
Rye’s Own approaches Marine as a living magazine subject, bringing together news, personalities, photographs and stories from across the archive. Articles including “My Shipwrecked Ancestor.”, “Smeaton Again”, “Hastings – Cinque Port”, “Russian Navy Sails Past Rye”, and “Nationwide Fishing Rights Protest” give a flavour of the people, places and moments collected here. It is designed for browsing: one familiar name or remembered incident often opens the door to another.
RNLI SOS
Day of events at Rye The Rye Harbour RNLI SOS Day Events day raised over £3000 in the charity’s biggest ever fund-raising day. The big event started on Friday 29 January at midday when the crew set off on a 24 hour marathon Tandem Ride, which resulted in £2758 being pledged in
Sunk in the Strand
The well known local fishing boat “Llamedos” was recently reported ‘sunk’ in The Strand.The owner of the vessel contacted the RNLI Operations Manager at Rye Harbour requesting assistance with the recovery of his boat, which had sunk due to the wind pinning the boat under the ledge of the Strand wall and with a high … Continue reading Sunk in the Strand
Titanic Survivors
By Len King On Sunday 31st May 2009 the last survivor from the TITANIC disaster died. Millvina Dean aged 97 years was living at a nursing home in Hampshire and only this year stars involved in the Hollywood blockbuster film of the tragedy agreed to contribute £20,000 to her fees.
Lifeboat Diary
Lifeboat Diary 18-10-08 Yacht in Trouble? RNLI relief Lifeboat B722 ‘Beatrice Dorothy’ launched to the 24ft sail yacht ‘Nervous Tension’ who had been reported to Dover Coastguard as appearing to be in trouble, off Jury’s Gap.
80 Years Since Lifeboat Disaster
Seventeen men battled with backs bent against the furious force of the wind along the straight stretch of beach to the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House between Rye Harbour and Winchelsea Beach.
Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station
Rye Harbour Lifeboat crew launched to rescue a Cavalier King Charles spaniel ‘Lotty’ on 27 July. The dog had jumped into the River Rother at Rye Harbour entrance, whilst chasing seagulls.
The Strand
This very faded picture of The Strand, looking towards The Mill, shows the river at low tide and an area, on the ground where the Riverhaven Hotel now stands, alive with boat building activities.
Engine Failure at Sea
Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat was launched at 4.30 pm on 11 April to the aid of 35 foot Rye fishing vessel ‘Vic Anna’, suffering engine problems in rough water off Rye Harbour.
Primrose-The Last Rye Barge
The rescue of PRIMROSE The Last Rye Barge On Sunday, 4 October 199t Rye Barge 2, the strangest sight met people’s eyes at Rye Harbour. A huge crane lifted an old boat out of the water and on to an 80 ft long flatbed truck which then drove very slowly to Hastings under police escort. … Continue reading Primrose-The Last Rye Barge