Duclair
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 11.3 on the morning of the llth of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that distress signals had been fired from a yacht between Worthing and Lancing. The life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched at 21.14 in a fresh west-south- westerly gale, heavy rain and a rough sea. The tide was half ebb. The life- boat came up with the yacht Duclair of Le Havre, whose crew of four declined assistance. The life-boat stood by the yacht for some time and then returned to her station, arriving at 4.5. Rewards to the crew, £12 19s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 10s..