Dunbar, East Lothian.—-At 6.25 on the evening of the 29th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the police that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized in Belhaven Bay. At 7.5 the life-boat George and Sarah Strachan put out. There was a heavy swell and a moderate easterly breeze. The tide was flooding. The life-boat found the dinghy, which had lost her sails and was waterlogged. Her crew of two were in a very distressed condition.

They were taken on board the life-boat and given rum. The dinghy was taken in tow, and the life-boat reached her station at 7.40. The two men were taken to hospital and then made a gift to the crew.—Rewards to the crew, £6..