At about 2 P.M. on the 10th May the Coastguard reported that a message had been received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse reporting that a yacht was ashore on the Sands. The crew of the motor Life-boat Albert Edward was summoned, and the boat proceeded under sail and motor power for the scene of the casualty. A fair wind and tide assisted her, and she reached the vessel in thirty-five minutes. When the boat arrived, the master requested Coxswain Grigson to obtain the assistance of a tug, and for this purpose the boat proceeded to Felixstowe. She there found a tug, which put off to the yacht, but the tug proceeded to the south side of the Sands and as a result was unable to get to the yacht. The Life-boat returned to the yacht and stood by her until the tide flowed sufficiently to float her off the Sands. She then towed the yacht clear, and afterwards assisted her and her crew of fourteen hands to Clacton. The vessel was the racing yacht White Heather, of Southampton, and she was bound from Brightlingsea to that port at the, time of the accident..