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The Racing Dinghy Meringue

Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1951, the life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched to stand by racing ding- hies in a regatta. A few minutes later one of them the Meringue capsized half a mile away. The life-boat made for her and rescued her crew of two. The sea was smooth, with a squally south- south-west wind blowing. Then an- other yacht nearly capsized. The life-boat went to her too, but her crew kept her on an even keel; so the life- boat transferred the Meringue's crew to a fishing boat, which took them ashore. Then she remained at sea until the racing was over, when she towed a broken down outboard motor boat to shore. She got back to her station at 5.50 that evening.—Rewards £15 11s..