Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.11 on the evening of the 12th of September, 1955, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht was in distress T.'est-by-north of Prawle Point. At 8.25 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on tem- porary duty at the station, was launch- ed. The sea was moderate, there was a light westerly breeze, and it was one hour before low water. The life- boat found the local yacht Erla anchored one and a half miles off Prawle Point. Her crew of three stated that their engine had broken down and that they could neither weigh the anchor nor hoist their main- sail. Two members of the life-boat crew boarded her and weighed the anchor. The life-boat then towed the Erla to Salcombe, arriving at 10.25.— Property Salvage Case..