Weymouth, Dorset.—At 3.7 on the morning of the 6th of October, 1955, Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that a yacht with one man on board, at anchor off Castletown pier, in Portland harbour, was dragging and in danger of hitting Queen pier.

At 3.30 the life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out, with the second cox- swain in charge. The sea was choppy, a fresh gale was blowing from the north-west, and it was low water. The life-boat found the yacht Raider, of Cardiff, a vessel of 30 tons, close to some naval ships moored alongside Queen pier. She passed a line to her, but she was then carried across the yacht's bow. The second coxswain immediately took the life-boat clear, anchored upwind of the yacht and veered down to her. A line waspassed to the yacht, which with diffi- culty was towed to TTeymouth, arriv- ing at six o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, £10 10s..