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A Sailing Dinghy (1)

Moelfre, Anglesey. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 25th July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing dinghy had capsized three miles south-east of the boathouse.

The life-boat Watkin Williams was launched at 3.45 in a gentle to moderate south-westerly breeze and a choppy sea.

The tide was half ebb. The life-boat found a catamaran with a crew of three, who had attempted to assist the dinghy but were themselves in difficulties. The catamaran was taken in tow, and the life-boat arrived back at her station at 5.30. The dinghy had been towed ashore by a motor launch. Rewards to the crew, £5; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 12s..