When Anstruther Lifeboat was paged at 0603 on Saturday morning to a small vessel with a fouled propeller, the sight of the lifeboat arriving on scene was both a relief to the man aboard that help was on hand but when that help is your eldest son, it is not something you’re going to be allowed to forget in a hurry!
After finishing a night shift and heading home for some sleep, Anstruther volunteer George Hodge was awoken by the sound of his pager. As he proceeded to the station, he had no idea his father Brian was the man in need of RNLI assistance. The D class launched within 10 minutes and proceeded to the scene where George joined his dad aboard his boat and assisted him back to the sanctuary of Anstruther harbour.​

 
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July 1986. Ronald Regan is midway through his presidency of the USA, Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova secure Wimbledon titles and Billy Ocean is holding Madonna off the UK number one spot. 23 year old Gary Hughes makes his way to Anstruther lifeboat station to give his first voluntary service to the RNLI.
A very special member of the Anstruther lifeboat family was remembered at a service this morning after amassing 32 years’ service to the RNLI. In a packed Cellardyke Church in front of family, friends and lifeboat crew members past and present, Gary Hughes was laid to rest.
Representatives from the RNLI Regional Base in Perth joined crew members from neighbouring Kinghorn, Queensferry and Dunbar in paying their respects to Gary.

Michael Bruce, the Anstruther volunteer coxswain, has been appointed the full time Coxswain/Mechanic at the station from 08/05/17. He replaces the previous full-time mechanic, Alex Purves, who has been appointed an RNLI assessor.