Dover, Kent. At 7.10 on the morn- ing of the 25th of September, 1958, the coastguard at Sandgate informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Grey Lady needed help four miles south of Folkestone. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 7.20 in a very rough sea. A west-south-westerly gale was blowing and the tide was flooding.

The coaster Ronsan, which was stand- ing by the yacht, made a lee for the life-boat while a tow rope was con- nected. Because of the sea conditions very slow progress was made towards Dover. The tow rope parted once and was reconnected with great diffi- culty, and Dover was finally reached at eleven o'clock. Rewards to the crew, etc., £8 13s..