13th July. A small yacht had been reported in dis- tress, but it was found to be a lighted buoy which had drifted.—Rewards, £6 13s..
9th October. A motor yacht with .two small boats in tow needed help, and before the life-boat arrived it was given by two boats from Amble.—Rewards, £20 7s..
Fowey, Cornwall.—16th September.
A yacht got into difficulties, but was taken in tow by a motor boat.—Rewards, £2 12s. 6d..
Poole and Bournemouth, and Swanage, Dorset.—3rd July, 1937. A yacht had stranded, but her crew reached safety with help from the shore.—Rewards, Poole and Bournemouth, £19 13s. ; Swanage, £11 4s..
Cromer, Norfolk. At 3.17 on the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1959, the motor mechanic, who was in the boathouse, saw a yacht capsize half a mile off the slipway. The no. 1 life- boat Henry Blogg was launched im- mediately. She was manned...
JULY 30TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
A small sailing yacht with three people on board was reported as missing, but she got in safely. - Rewards, £9 15s. 6d..
APRIL 27TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A small sailing yacht had gone ashore south-east of Donna Nook, but her crew got ashore. - Paid permanent crew..
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 15th of September, 1950, a resident telephoned the harbour master that a yacht was in difficulties. At 6.20 the life-boat Dunleary II was launched in a smooth sea...
Salcombe, Devon. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties a mile and a half west of Bolt Head. The life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was...
Helmsman Alan Venner (right) and crew member Paul Brierley row in a disabled yacht.. - View image in PDF
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