Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 2.33 on the afternoon of the 19th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was flying a distress signal a quarter of a mile south-west of Clacton pier. The life- boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 2.45 in a slight sea. There was a moderate south-westerly wind, and it was high water. The life-boat found the yacht, with a crew of three, a hundred yards from the pier. A line was passed to the yacht, and the life- boat towed her clear of the pier. The yacht's crew were then transferred to the life-boat, which towed the yacht to Brightlingsea. The life-boat reached her station at seven o'clock. Rewards to the crew, £11. 4s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5. Is..