Barrow, Lancashire.—At 8.30 in the morning of the 3rd of August, 1949, the yacht Falcon broke from her moorings in Piel Harbour. A north-westerly gale and the ebbing tide carried her away to sea. It was not known if anyone was on board, and at 8.50 the life-boat Elsie, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. She reached the Falcon when she was a mile south of No. 1 Leading Light, found no one on board, and towed her into Piel, arriving back at her station at ten o'clock. The owner expressed his thanks and made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards, £9 15s..