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A CAPSIZED YACHT Plymouth, Devon.—At 5.12 in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1947, the Yealm coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized a quarter of a mile north-east of Mewstone at the mouth of Yealm River, and the motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck left her moorings at 5.30. A strong east-south- east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. Half a mile west of the position given she found the yacht Chota, with a motor boat standing by. The crew of two of the yacht had already been rescued. With the Chota in tow the life-boat returned, arriving back at her station at 8.10. Letters of thanks and donations were received from the two men.—Rewards, £6 135..