Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that H.M.S. Urania had reported a yacht in need of help a mile and a half north- east of Weymouth harbour. The life- boat William and Clara Rijland put out at seven o'clock in a very rough sea. A west-south-westerly gale was blowing, with heavy rain squalls, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the yacht Gay Nixie, of Lyming- ton, with one man on board. The yacht was almost waterlogged and was difficult to handle. She had been struck by a violent storm in the early hours of the morning while on passage to England from the small French port of St. Vaast. Another member of the crew had been swept out of the yacht during the storm. The life-boat took the Gay Nixie in tow to Weymouth harbour, where the yacht was moored and the man landed. She then put out to sea again to search for the man lost overboard. After several hours of searching without finding anything she returned to her station, arriving at 2.45.—Rewards to the crew, £15 17s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 4s..