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Yacht Sunfire

Ramsgate, Kent.—At 8.12 on the evening of the 15th of April, 1949, information was received from the West Cliff that a yacht was in a dan- gerous position near Pegwell Bay, and the life-boat Prudential was launched at 8.20 in a smooth sea with a light east-north-east wind. She found the cutter yacht Sunfire, with a crew of two, at anchor. The coxswain ex- plained to them the danger of their anchorage, with the wind freshening and the tide falling, and guided them to a safe anchorage. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9.15.— Rewards, £7 8s..