The schooner Berthe Marie, which a few days previously had been in difficulties off Port Isaac, was again in trouble on the llth December when near the Swansea Fairway Buoy. A strong W.N.W. gale was blowing and the master, fearing that he might lose his vessel, made signals of distress. The coastguard, observing the signals, re- ported them to the coxswain of the Life-boat Charlie Medland, and the boat was at once despatched to the schooner's assistance. The Life-boatmen were placed on board and they, together with the tug, succeeded in getting the vessel and her crew of six men into safety..