Poole, Dorset. At 12.55 on the after- noon of the 17th of July, 1960, the police informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was considerably overdue from a fishing trip and that the crew's relatives were becoming anxious.

The life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched at 1.15 in a strong south- westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat found the yacht Forella ashore on Brownsea Island, where she had been blown after parting her anchor cable. Her crew of two were standing by the yacht, and the life-boat took them off and landed them at Poole. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 2.40. Rewards to the crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..