Dungeness, Kent. At 2.44 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in distress seven miles south-east-by-south of Dungeness. At 3.5 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a gentle easterly breeze. There was a slight sea and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Kaye of Rye. The cabin cruiser's engine had broken down and her owner asked the coxswain for a tow to Rye harbour.

As there was not enough water to enter the harbour the life-boat towed the Kaye to a position where she anchored.

While waiting for the tide the life-boat's motor mechanic boarded the cabin cruiser and repaired her engine. She was then able to enter harbour under her own power, and the life-boat re- turned to her station, arriving at 9.30.

The owner made a gift to the life-boat crew, from which the crew made a donation to the Institution's funds.

Rewards to the crew, £16 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £23 8s..