Hoylake, Cheshire.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 12th of April, 1952, the life-boat motor mechanic told the coxswain that a vessel was on the West Hoyle Bank. The coxswain told the Formby coastguard and kept watch on her. She made no distress signals, but she did not move. Flash- ing lights were seen later, and at 10.30 that night the life-boat Oldham IV was launched in a slight sea with a light north-easterly breeze blowing. She found the yacht Clarissa, an ex- fishing boat, with a crew of five, between Buoys HE.4 and HE.l. The owner said that he was unable to weigh anchor and would stay there until daybreak, but the yacht was in a dangerous position, so three life- boatmen boarded her and helped to get the anchor up. The life-boat then escorted her to an anchorage off Hilbre Island, reaching her station again at one o'clock the next morning.—Re- wards, £14 Is..