Publisher's Synopsis
George Leith remembers the day when the first Lerwick lifeboat arrived in Shetland and his father took him down to the pier for a trip round the harbour. 19 years later he was on the pier once again when the lifeboat received a distress call. The crew was one man short and George answered the coxswain's request for a volunteer. So began his 30 years' service to the RNLI, the last ten as coxswain.;The history of Lerwick lifeboat station, its lifeboats, the dedicated volunteer crews, various personalities, courageous rescues and numerous other incidents have been recorded here by George Leith, together with many personal recollections covering 60 years.
