— About 6 A.M. on the 25th August, a small yacht with four persons on board was seen to be dragging her anchors in the prevailing S.W. gale, and it was deemed expedient to send assistance. Eleven of the Life-boat's crew therefore pro- ceeded to her in the boarding-boat, and the anchor was weighed. The yacht then proceeded to Harwich Harbour with the Coxswain in charge. There was a rough sea at the time of the service, and the yacht—which was the Wild Base, of Burnham—was on a lee shore..