Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.52 in the afternoon, on the 12th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the Customs at Brightlingsea had reported a yacht on her beam ends, and high and dry in Ray Sand Channel. At 4.15 the life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched in a choppy sea, with a slight north-westerly breeze. She found the sailing yacht Dirk II, one mile south- west of Buxey Beacon, and stood by her until she refloated. Then she accompanied her clear of the sands, and returned to her station, arriving at 8.30.—Rewards, £12..