Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.18 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht, five and a half miles south- south-west of Clacton, was rolling' heavily. She seemed to need help; so at 12.30 the life-boat Edward Z. Dres- den was launched. The sea was rough with a moderate south-westerly breeze blowing. The life-boat found the yacht Christine, of Burnham, in a dangerous position near Whitaker Buoy close to Buxey Sound, with a crew of two, and towed her to Burnham.

She arrived back at her station at 6.30 that evening.—Rewards, £16 15*..