THE new Motor Life-boat for Longhope, in the Orkneys, which is one of the 45 feet 6 inches Watson (cabin) type, with two 40 h.p. engines, left Cowes for her station at nine at night on the 4th January. She reached Ramsgate just before one in the afternoon of the following day, having made the passage in a southerly gale. From Ramsgate the journey was continued north in fine weather. The Life-boat called at Gorleston, Spurn Point on the Humber, Tynemouth, Berwick-on-Tweed, Aber- deen and Fraserburgh, and reached her station just after six in the evening on the llth January, having taken a few hours under the week to travel the 669 miles. The longest passage from port to port was the passage of 125 miles from Cowes to Ramsgate, which took just over 14£ hours.

From Tynemouth, which was left at 9.35 in the morning of the 9th, the Life-boat pushed on to Fraserburgh, travelling through that day, the next night and the following day, with short rests at Berwick and Aberdeen.

This stage of 179 miles was done in just under thirty-one hours, the actual sailing time being just under twenty-two hours.

The time at sea for the whole journey of 669 miles was 81 hours 24 minutes, giving an average speed of 8-2 knots, only a quarter of a knot less than the maximum speed of 8%48 knots on trials at Cowes. During the whole journey the engines not only ran with- out giving any trouble, but required not the slightest adjustment..