At 6.30 P.M.

on the 25th March a small motor fishing-boat named the Golden Rule was seen to be in danger in the heavy sea, and unable to make the harbour owing to the low tide. It was, there- fore, considered advisable to launch the Life-boat James Stevens No. 13, and this was accomplished, but great difii- culty was experienced owing to the lowness of the tide and the soft mud over which it was necessary to drag the Life-boat on her carriage. Having reached the fishing-boat, the Life-boat stood by her for some hours and then accompanied her over the bar into harbour..