Clacton- on- Sea, Essex.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the crew of a yacht were shouting for help south- west of Buxey Sands. At 6.30 the life-boat //. C. J., on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a rough sea. There was a fresh south-westerly breeze blowing and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the yacht Peace, of Colchester, with a crew of three, a mile and a half north of the South Buxey buoy. The yacht had engine trouble and was making water.

The life-boat took her in tow to Burnham-on-Crouch and then returned to her station, arriving at 7.30 on the morning of the 8th of July.—Rewards to the crew, £23 16s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £7 3s..