Early on the morning of the 12th October the motor yacht Bunts, bound from Scapa for London, with a crew of three, broke down about eight miles S.S.E. of Scurdy- ness. She had no sails on board and was helpless. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The yacht's signals of distress were seen, and the No. 1 motor life-boat John Russell was launched at 2.35 A.M. She found the yacht in thirty fathoms of water, drifting to leeward and all the time getting into heavier seas. She had started to ship water, and was in a dangerous position. The life-boat passed her a line and towed her into Montrose harbour. But for this help the yacht and her crew would almost certainly have been lost. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.45 A.M.— Rewards, £19 Is. 6d..