Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.51 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1957.

the watchman on the east pier reported that a yacht about two miles from the Quern buoy was signalling for help. She could apparently make no headway against the wind and tide.

At 2.59 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a rough sea with a moderate westerly wind blowing. She found the yacht Nora, with a crew of four, and towed her to the harbour, arriving at 3.35.—Rewards to the crew. £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, 10*..