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Two Sailing Dinghies

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1957, at the time of the Penarth regatta, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans put out in a rough sea, with a fresh south-easterly breeze blowing and rain, to help two sailing dinghies which had capsized. The dinghies each had a crew of two. The life-boat towed them to safety and eventually arrived back at her station at six o'clock.—Rewards to. the crew, £9 16*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £25*..