Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 3.21 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was anchored about a quarter of a mile east of the Medusa buoy and that a fisherman was standing on the wheel- house waving his arms. At 3.40 the life-boat Edian Courtauld left her moor- ings one hour after high water in a light westerly wind and a slight sea. She found the motor fishing vessel Alpha of Harwich with the owner and one other man aboard. The vessel had run out of fuel, and the life-boat took her in tow to Harwich, returning to her moor- ings at 6.53. The owner sent a letter of appreciation. Rewards to the crew, £11 4s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 19s..