Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. — In the early morning of the 21st of July, 1948, the yacht Goodewind, of Leith, was reported by the coastguard to be dragging her anchors in the bay, but she picked up moorings and seemed to be safe. The wind was increasing, and by 9.45 a full south-westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea running.

The district inspector of life-boats, Com- mander E. W. Middleton, R.N.V.R., who was visiting the station, saw that the anchor of the moorings was drag- ging and took the motor life-boat M.O.Y.E. out at 10.15 to the help of the yacht. She passed a line to the yacht, which had a crew of four on board, and towed her to a safe anchor- age, but her ground tackle would not hold, so the life-boat fetched a mooring; anchor and saw her comfortably moored. She returned to her station again at two in the afternoon. The owner of the yacht made a gift to the crew.—Rewards, £7 4s..