St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At mid- night on the 3rd of August, 1959, a message was received from the signal station that a motor boat with four people and a dog aboard was overdue from a pleasure cruise. At 1.15 a flare was seen by the signal station two and a half miles south of St. Martin's Point, and at 1.40 the life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal left her moorings in a moderate sea. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze and a flood tide. The life-boat found the motor boat Vesta of Guern- sey with her engine broken down. Her crew had burnt their bathing suits, towels, and handkerchiefs soaked in petrol to attract attention. Three women aboard her were transferred to the life-boat, which then took the Vesta in tow to harbour, arriving at 3.40.

The people rescued made a donation to the Institution's funds. Rewards to the crew, £8 8s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 14s..