Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 9.5 on the evening of the 27th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard at Foreland informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was in distress two miles south of the look-out. At 9.14 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched in a rough sea.

There was a strong south-easterly wind and a flood tide. The life-boat found the yacht Ratafia, with two people on board, drifting towards Culver. As there was too much sea on the slipway at Bembridge, the yacht was taken in tow to Cowes, which was reached at two o'clock early on the 28th of Septem- ber. The life-boat returned to her station later that day. A gift was made by the owner of the yacht to the life- boat crew. Rewards to the crew, £9 12s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 5s..