Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.11 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1956, the Needles coastguard reported that a small yacht was in distress four miles south-south-west of St. Cather- ine's. The life-boat S.G.E. put out at 2.33. There was a rough sea and a strong south-west breeze. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the yacht Harmony with a crew of one.

Her mast had broken away and she was waterlogged. The man was taken off the Harmony, and attempts were made to tow her, but the ropes parted.

As the seas were increasing and be- cause of the condition of the yacht, she was left adrift, and the life-boat re- turned to her station, arriving at 9.15.

The Bembridge life-boat was launched later in the day to the same vessel, which ultimately sank.—Rewards to the crew, £14 5s.; reward to the helper on shore, 12s..