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A Yacht (3)

Cromer, Norfolk. At 3.17 on the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1959, the motor mechanic, who was in the boathouse, saw a yacht capsize half a mile off the slipway. The no. 1 life- boat Henry Blogg was launched im- mediately. She was manned by a crew of six with the motor mechanic in command. There was a moderate easterly wind and sea and it was low water. The yacht's crew of two were picked up, and the life-boat took the yacht in tow, reaching her station at four o'clock. The owner of the yacht made a donation to the Institution's funds. Rewards to the crew, £5 ; re- wards to the helpers on shore, £7 6s.