Margate, Kent. — At 7.41 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground on Margate Sands. At 7.50 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11} was launched. The sea was slight, there was a light north- north-westerly wind, and it was low water. The life-boat found the sailing yacht Widgeon II, of Hamble, with a man and his three children aboard, just about to refloat. The man was an- xious for his children as darkness was coming on, and he asked if the cox- swain would help him to reach Rams- gate. The life-boat therefore towed the yacht to Ramsgate and returned to her station, arriving at 2.15 the next morning.—Rewards to the crew, £14 5s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 4s..