Walton and Frinton, Essex. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 22nd of October, 1957, the coastguard telephon- ed that the master of the Sunk light- vessel had reported that the yacht West Wind had made fast to the stern of the lightvessel, that she was leaking badly, and that her sails were in bad condition.

At 11.22 the coastguard reported that the yacht's owner, who was single- handed, had asked for the help of the life-boat. At 11.40 the life-boat Edian Courtauld put out in a rough sea. There was a strong north-westerly breeze and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat took the yacht's owner on board and towed the yacht to Walton, which was reached at 5.30. Rewards to the crew, £20 15s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 2s.