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Mont Joie II

Coverack, Cornwall.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1953, a local resident reported that he could see a yacht between two and three miles off Coverack flying two flags at her masthead. At 4.23 the life-boat The Three Sisters was launched and, in a moderate sea with a fresh south- south-west breeze, came up with the yacht Mont Joie II, of Brest. The yacht had a crew of three and twelve Sea Scouts on board, and the skipper said he had lost his bearings and was short of fuel. At his request the life-boat escorted the yacht to Fal- mouth and reached her station again at 8.45.—Rewards, £12 10s. 6d..