Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'cJock on the evening of the llth of September, 1958, the coastguard at Portpatrick told the coxswain that cries for help had been heard by the coastguard at Kildonan. After further enquiries the life-boat Robert Lindsay put out at 6.50 in dense fog to carry out a search from Pladda East to Kildonan. The sea was calm, and the tide was flooding.

At 8.40 the coxswain received a message from the coastguard at Arran that a small yacht was making slow progress towards Whiting Bay. The life-boat found the yacht Rahoneen, whose engine had broken down, and towed her to Lamlash, where the yacht was anchored. The life-boat then con- tinued her search along the coast as far as Kildonan, but found nothing, further and returned to her moorings, arriving at one o'clock early on the morning of the 12th of September.

The coastguard later reported that the shouting which had caused the alarm had evidently come from Pladda.

Rewards to the crew, £12 5s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 12s..