.—On the even- ing of the 9th April the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was in diffi- culties one mile S.W. of Clacton pier, and the motor life-boat Edward Z.

Dresden was launched at 7.45 P.M. A light N.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The life-boat found the yacht to be the Amy, of West Mersea, with three men and two women on board. She had been aground twice, was leaking very badly, and was in a sinking condition. The life-boat rescued the five persons, and then, with two life-boatmen on the yacht continuously baling, the yacht was towed back to Clacton and beached.

The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9 P.M.—Rewards, £11..