Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 7.45 oil the evening of the 7th of July, 1957. the Penmon coastguard telephoned to say a flare had been seen between Great Ormes Head and Puffin Island. The life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched at 8.10 in a very rough sea. There was a strong north-north- westerly breeze blowing and the tide was ebbing. After searching for a time the life-boat found the cabin cruiser Bonita, with a crew of three, two miles north of Great Ormes Head.

The owner told the coxswain he was on passage from Eastham to the Menai Straits but because of the ebb tide and freshening wind he had been unable to make headway. As the three men were exhausted the cox- swain decided to put a member of the life-boat crew aboard with provisions.

The life-boat then took the Bonita in tow t® Beaumaris pier, which was reached at 11.45. The life-boat could not be rehoused until the following evening.—Rewards to the crew, £12 19s.; rewards to the helpers on shore. £3..