Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that the yacht Tarifa was in diffi- culties some three miles south of Portland Bill. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out at 5.20 in a very rough sea. There was a fresh west-south-westerly gale and a flood tide. The lifeboat came up with theyacht Tarifa, which had a crew of seven, a mile and a half west of Shambles lightship. She took her in tow, arriving back at her station at 8.30.—Property Salvage Case..