Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1954, the life-boat coxswain reportedthat while he was on his way in from sea in his fishing boat, he had seen the yacht Schilleen in a dangerous position about one mile north of Naze Point.

She was pitching and rolling heavily and he had seen a man and woman on board. They had asked him for help, but they would not leave their yacht.

At 5.25 the life-boat Edian Courtauld put out, with the coxswain in charge.

The sea was choppy, a fresh westerly breeze was blowing and it was high water. Life-boatmen boarded the Schilleen, which was on private charter, and weighed her anchor with difficulty.

The life-boat towed her to Walton River and moored her opposite Stone Creek. The coxswain then noticed three people and a baby marooned on Stone Marshes, With the help of a dinghy, the life-boatmen rescued them and two dogs and took them all to her station, which she reached at 8.20.

The man who had chartered the Schilleen expressed his thanks. — Rewards, £12 6*..